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 ...

The mother of one of three American military contractors kidnapped by leftist rebels in 2003 said Thursday she was heartbroken to learn from an escaped captive that her son is suffering from hepatitis ...

Most of us will never know what it is to be held captive as minutes turn to hours, days turn to weeks, and eventually months turn to years. Ingrid Betancourt knows that feeling well. The former ...