Minister pledges support for FARC hostage release

An Irish minister today met the husband of a kidnapped Colombian politician to assure him of the State’s support in the fight to free his wife.

Minister pledges support for FARC hostage release

An Irish minister today met the husband of a kidnapped Colombian politician to assure him of the State’s support in the fight to free his wife.

Minister of State for European Affairs Noel Treacy held talks with Juan Carlos Lecompte, the husband of Ingrid Betancourt who was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) more than three years ago.

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