The release of four hostages by Colombian rebels on Wednesday was a 'powerful boost' to efforts to free others such as Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said. 'The survival of the weakest hostages, like our compatriot Ingrid Betancourt whose sixth anniversary in detention we have just marked, is really what's at stake here,' Kouchner said.
'The success of this (Wednesday's) operation constitutes a powerful boost to ... find an urgent humanitarian solution to the drama,' the said in a statement. Betancourt, who had been running for president when she was seized six years ago by the Marxist rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), is considered the group's headline detainee.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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