Background
Colombian politician and then-senator Consuelo González was kidnapped by the FARC on September 10, 2001. Her captors held her to pressure a possible "humanitarian exchange" between government-held guerrilla prisoners for FARC-held hostages. In 2002 former Vice Presidential candidate Clara Rojas was kidnapped along with presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and both also continued to be held by the FARC. While in captivity, Clara Rojas got involved in a relationship with one of her captors and had a baby as a result, who was named Emmanuel.
In 2007 Colombian policeman John Frank Pinchao escaped from his FARC captors and confirmed the existence of the relationship and of Emmanuel.
Read more about this topic: Operation Emmanuel
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