Ingrid Betancourt released from FARC?

From July 26:

French mission sought Betancourt release in Colombia: Sarkozy

26 July 2007 | 12:12 | FOCUS News Agency

Tripoli. France recently sent a mission to Colombia to try to secure the release of the Franco-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, President Nicolas Sarkozy said during a visit to Libya. "We sent people to negotiate, two people," the French president told reporters late Wednesday on the sidelines of his talks with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. Sarkozy said the mission, sent after he took over as president mid-May, returned without formal proof that Betancourt, a former Colombian presidential candidate kidnapped by Colombian rebels in February 2002, was still alive. "We want proof that Ingrid is alive, and we don't have that. We have some elements, but we want some real proof of life." Following the release of six foreign medics in Libya, Sarkozy vowed France would press ahead with efforts to free Betancourt from the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). "I will not abandon Ingrid Betancourt, French diplomacy will not abandon her," Sarkozy said. "Barely a day goes by when we are not working on this," said the French president, who said he advised Colombian President Alvaro Uribe against any attempt to releases the hostages by force. Source: AFP

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From today:
Chávez is unaware of alleged Betancourt release

President Hugo Chávez said Monday in Buenos Aires that he ignores reports about an alleged release of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt in Venezuelan soil.

Questioned by local journalists covering his arrival to Argentina, the Venezuelan head of State was surprised by news on an alleged release of Betancourt in Venezuelan border town of Elorza (southern Apure state).

"I am trying to digest what you are asking me; I hope (Betancourt) is free, but I am surprised by that question," said Chávez, who stressed he was unaware of the facts.

Betancourt is held hostage by rebel group Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) since February 2002.

Colombian government has no information
Likewise, Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister Fernando Araújo Monday said that his government was surprised by reports on an alleged coming release of Betancourt in Venezuela.

The information was delivered from Miami by Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo, who said that reliable military sources told her that Betancourt would be soon released.

Poleo declared to radio stations in Bogotá that the sources told her that Betancourt was taken to a ranch owned by rebels in Venezuelan town of Elorza, near the border with Colombia, where she is guarded by some 300 FARC members.