July 13, 2003: Betancourt Rescue Aborted
Jul 13, 2020•14 min•Ep. 321
Episode description
On this day in 2003, French intelligence operatives aborted a mission to rescue French-Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia—resulting in an international political scandal.
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