As a candidate for the Colombian presidency in 2002, she was brave—or foolish—enough to campaign near the jungle stronghold of rebel paramilitaries. That’s when Ingrid Betancourt was taken hostage and ...

MANILA, Philippines — A kidnapped American teenage boy escaped from suspected al-Qaida-linked militants and wandered without shoes for two days in a southern Philippine jungle before villagers found ...

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrillas on Tuesday freed a former governor held hostage for more than seven years, the fifth captive released this week by Latin America's oldest ...