Ingrid Betancourt at a Bogota press conference after her rescuefrom Farc rebels. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters
From The Guardian:
Harrowing details of the captivity of Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages in Colombia emerged yesterday, at the same time as doubts surfaced over the official version of their daring rescue.
The French-Colombian politician and the captives freed in Wednesday's military operation described casual sadism, inhumane conditions and even killings in the jungle camps of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
Betancourt said she was often chained to a tree and haunted by thoughts of killing herself during her six-year ordeal. "Death is a hostage's most faithful companion. We lived with death ... and the seduction of suicide was always with us."
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My Comment: You wake up alone in the jungle, a prisoner to one of the worst guerrilla groups in the world. 48 hours later you are free and the world is now your stage. What an incredible feeling that must be.
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