Betancourt arrives in France after 6 years as Colombian hostage
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she is crying with joy about her arrival in France after six years held captive in the Colombian jungle.
President Nicolas Sarkozy and first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy have greeted the French-Colombian politician with hugs, kisses and broad smiles at the Villacoublay air base southwest of Paris.
Betancourt says she has "cried a lot during this time from pain and indignation." Today, she says, "I cry with joy."
Betancourt's children and other family members also descended from the French government plane and joined their mother and the presidential couple on the windswept tarmac Friday.
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