Chavez asks FARC to free Betancourt
Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:01:51
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged the leader of Colombia's FARC rebels to free French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt.
"I am making a request to (FARC chief Manuel) Marulanda. Send Ingrid to us," Chavez said in a public address in Caracas with Betancourt's mother, Yolanda Pulecio, at his side.
"I ask of you," Chavez went on, "that when you are able and under whatever conditions that may be possible, that you free Ingrid."
"She is the only woman who remains, there is no sense in keeping her in the jungles of Colombia," said Chavez, who was also joined by Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba.
Chavez said that before Colombia killed FARC number two Raul Reyes in a raid inside Ecuador, he and Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa had been seeking Betancourt's release through Ecuadoran territory.
Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) while campaigning for presidency in 2002.
 Ingrid Betancourt |
"I am making a request to (FARC chief Manuel) Marulanda. Send Ingrid to us," Chavez said in a public address in Caracas with Betancourt's mother, Yolanda Pulecio, at his side.
"I ask of you," Chavez went on, "that when you are able and under whatever conditions that may be possible, that you free Ingrid."
"She is the only woman who remains, there is no sense in keeping her in the jungles of Colombia," said Chavez, who was also joined by Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba.
Chavez said that before Colombia killed FARC number two Raul Reyes in a raid inside Ecuador, he and Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa had been seeking Betancourt's release through Ecuadoran territory.
Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) while campaigning for presidency in 2002.
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Sunday, March 09, 2008
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