Mother says U.S. has forgotten son held in Colombia

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Houston Chronicle

July 30, 2007, 11:27PM
Mother says U.S. has forgotten son held in Colombia
Connecticut woman enters the international arena 'to get him out of there'

By JOHN OTIS
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

BRISTOL, CONN. — Jo Rosano hit the remote control, and an image of her son, held hostage by Colombian guerrillas, suddenly appeared on her living room television set.

"One way or another, I'm going to get him out of there," she said as she dabbed tears from her eyes and stared at a documentary about her son, Marc Gonsalves, one of three U.S. military contractors seized four years ago.

Rosano, a 59-year-old Italian immigrant who knew little about Colombia before her son's capture, has met with American officials, written letters to the Colombian president, launched a Web site, and even protested on the streets of Bogota, the Colombian capital — all to no avail.
Along the way, she has undergone a transformation similar to that of Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist whose soldier-son was killed in Iraq. Rosano has turned into a strident opponent of the U.S.-backed war on drugs in Colombia and charges that Washington has forgotten the hostages.

"This country put its nose where it shouldn't have, and my son and his colleagues got caught in the conflict," she said during an interview at her home in Bristol, Conn. "The U.S. government could care less."


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[southern_belle]

1. I can't even imagine

the horror she is going through. :grouphug:

[ret5hd]

2. contractor or mercenary?

[Fluffdaddy]

3. Maybe CIA. Held as hostages since 13 Feb 2003

http://www.marc-gonsalves.com/

http://www.heldhostageincolombia.com/