After five long years, three Pentagon contractors who were kidnapped in 2003 are finally rescued in the jungles of Colombia.For many years now, American and Colombian authorities admitted that they had known the whereabouts of the contractors were, but they did not pursue a rescue mission because of the difficult terrain of the Colombian jungles. It was, in fact, through spy infiltration that tricked the leftist rebels to give up the hostages. More details here in CNN.
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