Ingrid Betancourt: one of the most famous hostages of our days, and a former Colombian politician who was held captive for six years by the terrorist group FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) was described by fellow hostages as 'worse than FARC guards' the Daily Telegraph reported.
This was described in a 457-page chronicle written by three of the 11 American hostages. Miss. Betancourt was held hostage along with 11 American citizens - who are believed to be CIA members - for six years. Miss. Betancourt was kidnaped not long before Colombia's presidency elections in 2002.
It is believed that the real reason why Miss. Betancourt was kidnaped is because she was one of the very few Colombian politicians to have a very strong agenda against the FARC. Many south American newspapers have speculated that some members of the government were behind the kidnap.
The Daily Telegraph reported: "I (one of the American hostages) watched her try to take over the camp with an arrogance that was out of control. Some of the guards treated us better than she did."
The Daily Telegraph has also interview Dr. Keron Fletcher; a British psychiatrist who has worked for more than a decade with hostages held by Lebanon extremists. He said that it is very rare for fellow hostages of Miss. Betancourt to describe her as such a terrible person. He also said that in these types of situations fellow hostages tend to develop a long-term friendship, specially when you share your live of a hostage with other people for six years.
The Daily Telegraph reported: "I (one of the American hostages) watched her try to take over the camp with an arrogance that was out of control. Some of the guards treated us better than she did."
The Daily Telegraph has also interview Dr. Keron Fletcher; a British psychiatrist who has worked for more than a decade with hostages held by Lebanon extremists. He said that it is very rare for fellow hostages of Miss. Betancourt to describe her as such a terrible person. He also said that in these types of situations fellow hostages tend to develop a long-term friendship, specially when you share your live of a hostage with other people for six years.
The Daily Telegraph also reported: "People who live through such trauma tend to keep quiet about problems that they had with each other and do their best to support each other".
Why would someone who spent six years of his life with someone as educated as Ingrid Betancourt show a part of Miss. Bentancourt's life as a hostage that no one has ever shown before? I honestly believe that the people who wrote the 457-page chronicle only wants to clear their names of something that they must have done during their time of captivity.
Ingrid Betancourt is believed to have been writing her memories of the terrible and dramatic six-year-long kidnap and has mentioned that she would like (the memories) to be published and available for the public. When the two books come out, we will all be able to see the two different parts of the same story.
The pictures used for this article were taken from http://www.guardian.co.uk/ and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Telegraph article used for this story:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/4840695/Ingrid-Betancourt-was-worse-than-guards-claims-a-fellow-hostage.html
FARC's profile (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_Colombia
Ingrid Betancourt's profile (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dngrid_Betancourt
Why would someone who spent six years of his life with someone as educated as Ingrid Betancourt show a part of Miss. Bentancourt's life as a hostage that no one has ever shown before? I honestly believe that the people who wrote the 457-page chronicle only wants to clear their names of something that they must have done during their time of captivity.
Ingrid Betancourt is believed to have been writing her memories of the terrible and dramatic six-year-long kidnap and has mentioned that she would like (the memories) to be published and available for the public. When the two books come out, we will all be able to see the two different parts of the same story.
The pictures used for this article were taken from http://www.guardian.co.uk/ and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Telegraph article used for this story:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/4840695/Ingrid-Betancourt-was-worse-than-guards-claims-a-fellow-hostage.html
FARC's profile (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_Colombia
Ingrid Betancourt's profile (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dngrid_Betancourt
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