Betancourt, Ingrid
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| Birthname | Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio | ||||
| born on | 25 December 1961 at 14:15 (= 2:15 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Bogotá, Colombia, 4n36, 74w05 | ||||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   03°46'   16°31 Asc. 12°27'
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Biography
Colombian-born politician and kidnap victim, she She is the mother of two children.
Colombian-born politician and ex-hostage, she holds French citizenship as well as Columbian. As she was campaigning for President of Colombia, she was kidnapped by a guerilla group called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on February 23, 2002. She was held for six years and four months before the Colombian government was able to get secure her release by a covert operation on the morning of July 2, 2008.
She spent much of her early life in France since her father was a UNESCO ambassador stationed there. In 1983 she married French diplomat Fabrice Delloye. They had two children; she returned to Colombia in 1989 and divorced her husband a year later. She sent their children to live with him because of threats on her life. In 1997 she married Juan Carlos Lecomte.
She had been elected to Colombia's senate in 1998 and served until 2002 when she announced her decision to run for President of the country and found herself in the dire situation of being kidnapped. Her campaign manager, also taken hostage, was released in early 2008 but Betancourt was held until a daring rescue mission on July 2nd that year.
Since her release, she has worked for the freedom of other hostages and she has been named a knight of the Legion of Honour of France. She has also released details of her horrific ordeal living in the jungle at the mercy of her abductors.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Attal, Gabriel (born 16 March 1989)
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1983 (to Francois Delloye)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 1990 (From Delloye)
- Relationship : Marriage 1997 (To Juan Carlos Lecomte)
- Misc. : Released from waiting 2 July 2008 (Released from being held prisoner)
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Source Notes
Didier Geslain archive, 'b' pdf file, p. 178.
Previously this entry had same data: Beatrice Boucher reports this data in the ISAR electronic newsletter vol 496, July 3, 2008. In the subsequent newsletter, vol 497, she gives source as Collection of Didier Geslain, writing, "His source is her birth certificate (Acte Ministère des Affaires Étrangères no 115)." Paddy de Jabrun has same information from birth certificate
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (One)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two)
- Passions : Criminal Victim : Terrorism victim (Kidnapped by rebel group)
- Vocation : Politics : Public office (Colombia's Senate)
