Topic: Thomas Howes

AP News | 2009-08-22 18:36:55
Colombia grabs rebel suspected of killing US contractor, kidnapping his companions

Colombian police have captured a guerrilla suspected of killing a U.S. military contractor and a Colombian soldier after their surveillance plane crashed in the jungle in 2003, authorities said Saturday. Judicial police director Luis Ramirez alleged that Jose Armando Cadena Cabrera, who went by the nom de guerre ...

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AP News | 2009-03-12 21:12:05
3 Americans awarded their country's Defense of Freedom Medal for hostage ordeal in Colombia

Injured in their plane's crash-landing and then taken hostage by Colombian rebels, three U.S. defense contractors survived a jungle odyssey lasting more than five grueling years. After the hardships and pain they endured, Americans Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes were awarded ...

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AP News | 2009-02-26 18:11:03
Americans held by leftist rebels in Colombia critical of celebrated hostage Betancourt

Three Americans held captive by Colombia's leftist rebels for 5 1/2 years published a memoir Thursday full of wrenching survival stories and unkind words about Ingrid Betancourt, the most famous hostage who shared their jungle prisons. The chronicle of the U.S. military contractors' 1,967 ...

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AP Features | 2008-07-12 17:44:33

Three Americans freed after being held more than five years by rebels in Colombia gave thanks Saturday and urged people to not forget other hostages who were left behind. They headed home to Florida after 10 days of treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston. "We're going to go home now, we're going to rest ...

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