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 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A police officer who fled to freedom after eight years as a hostage of leftist rebels said Wednesday that he was held until late last month with a former presidential candidate and three American military contractors.
Jhon Frank Pinchao told reporters he last saw the three Americans — Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes and Keith Stansell — and former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt on April 28, the day of his escape from a jungle camp.
Pinchao said Gonsalves was suffering from hepatitis, but he provided no other details about the Americans, Betancourt or the other eight politicians and police officers held with him at the time of his escape.
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