Gov. Riley In South America
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Associated Press
Published: Thu, July 03, 2008 - 6:13 am
Last Updated: Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 6:16 am
Last Updated: Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 6:16 am
Colombia says U.S. and Colombian forces cooperated closely on a
daring hostage rescue mission.
Three U.S. military contractors were captured five years ago
when their drug surveillance plane crashed in a rebel-held jungle.
Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell were flown back to
an Air Force Base in Texas late Wednesday, quickly taken away for
medical checkups and reunions with their families.
They and a dozen other hostages were freed in a daring mission
Wednesday by spies who tricked the rebel captors into putting the
hostages on board what turned out to be a government helicopter.
Among the freed captives is Ingrid Betancourt, a former
Colombian presidential candidate who was captured while campaigning
six years ago. She says when they realized they were in a friendly
helicopter, they were jumping up and down with so much joy she
thought it would fall from the sky.
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