Jaque, a “perfect” rescue operation
13 July 2008 23:42 | By: MarsaresEste artículo puede leerse en ESPAÑOL
Yolanda Pulecio, Colombian military chief general Fredy Padilla de León, Íngrid Betancourt and Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos, at Bogotá’s CATAM military airport, on 2 July 2008 afternoon (Photo credit: Juan Felipe Barriga / Secretaría de Prensa de la Presidencia de la República)
“Perfect”. The term Íngrid Betancourt used to refer to the military operation which rescued her and another 14 kidnapped from FARC couldn’t be more exact. Yes, perfect. So perfect there have already been cast doubts on it. As they say in Colombia, “todo lo del pobre es robado” ("everything a poor owns has been stealt), so they’re claiming it was set up by the gringos, an Uribe conspiracy so he can get saved from "yidispolitics", even with FARC’s complicity, and so on…
But no. I don’t think so. There are several reasons supporting top military chiefs’ statements on the Operation Jaque made in Colombia.
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