Was Betancourt a jerk?

Most of the world rejoiced when Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages were rescued from the FARC in Colombia, but now new details are emerging in a book published by the three Americans who were also in captivity calling into question her behavior while in captivity.

Two Americans held captive for five years by Colombia’s Farc rebels have launched an extraordinary attack on their fellow jungle hostage, Ingrid Betancourt, accusing her of being haughty, manipulative and self-absorbed.

One of the Northrop Grumman contractors accuses her of stealing food and hoarding books and even of putting their lives in danger by telling rebel guards – incorrectly, he insists – that the three were CIA agents.

Betacourt did not comment.

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6 thoughts on “Was Betancourt a jerk?”

  1. I give little credence to any accounts by three American military contractors. It is more likely than not that they did/do have affiliations with the CIA.

  2. I give little credence to any accounts by three American military contractors. It is more likely than not that they did/do have affiliations with the CIA.

  3. I give little credence to any accounts by three American military contractors. It is more likely than not that they did/do have affiliations with the CIA.

  4. I give little credence to any accounts by three American military contractors. It is more likely than not that they did/do have affiliations with the CIA.

  5. i think very few of us know what it is like to go through being kidnapped for so long, and being subjected to the treatment the whole group was under. in is unfortunate that the americans feel the need to turn on their fellow prisoner, why not chalk it up to terrible psychological conditions and just move on with their lives??

  6. i think very few of us know what it is like to go through being kidnapped for so long, and being subjected to the treatment the whole group was under. in is unfortunate that the americans feel the need to turn on their fellow prisoner, why not chalk it up to terrible psychological conditions and just move on with their lives??

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