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Born: December 25, 1961 Bogota, Colombia. Ingrid Betancourt biography (bio): Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio is a Colombian politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist. Betancourt was kidnapped by the FARC on February 23, 2002 while campaigning for the presidency, after she decided to campaign in an area of high guerrilla presence and ignored warnings from the government, police and military not to do so. She is still being held by the FARC guerrilla group as a key hostage for a possible humanitarian exchange of prisoners for hostages with the government of Colombia. Besides Colombia, her kidnapping has received wide coverage in France due to her French nationality. The government of France is also participating as a facilitator for the release of Betancourt and all prisoners held by the FARC guerrilla. Early life: Betancourt was born in Bogotá. Her mother, Yolanda Pulecio, was a former Miss Colombia who later served in Congress representing the poor southern neighborhoods of Bogotá. Her father, Gabriel Betancourt, was minister for the General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla dictatorship (1953-1957) and later a diplomat, posted to the embassy in Paris, where Ingrid grew up. Their house was frequently visited by leading Colombian personalities and intellectuals. She attended the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (known as Sciences Po), an elite higher education institute. After graduating, she married a fellow student and they had two children, Melanie and Lorenzo. During the 1980s, she briefly lived in Quito, Ecuador, where she worked as an aerobics instructor. Her husband was in the French diplomatic service, and they lived in various places, including New Zealand. |
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