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The Three American Hostages Held for more than 5 Years and Rescued in Operation Jaque
Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves, and Thomas Howes were the three American contractors that were kidnapped by FARC in February 2003 while they were consulting for the Colombian Government on Coca fields eradication. Their plane was shot down by FARC rebels who operated the same Coca fields they were helping eradicate. In this interview by CNN's Robin Meade, they talk about the inhumane conditions that the terrorist group kept them and many others (a total of more than 750 hostages as to 2008) in a remote jungle of Colombia:
CNN interview with Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves, and Thomas Howes
| This small video by the the Pentagon Channel also gives a small history of the kidnapping of the three American Contractors Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves, and Thomas Howes, their rescue and some words by Marc Gonsalves on his first interview once back in the United States |
