'Death seems a sweet option,' says Colombian hostage

Seriously ill after six years as a captive in Colombian rebel camps, Ingrid Betancourt believes ”death seems like a sweet option,” according to new details from a letter to her family. Betancourt, who has dual French-Colombian nationality, wrote to her mother, husband and children at the end of last year but more details were revealed by Spanish television channel Noticias Cuatro, which had access to the letters.