Betancourt's husband says love may have died 'in jungle'

[Judi Lynn]

Betancourt's husband says love may have died 'in jungle'
Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:56:02 GMT
DPA


Bogota - The husband of Ingrid Betancourt, the woman freed after six years as a hostage of leftwing rebels, says the couple may separate after their long years apart. Juan Carlos Lecompte told the daily newspaper "El Tiempo" on Wednesday that he could not exclude "that things are over with Ingrid."

"This happens. I am not just now thinking about this, but it's been on my mind for some time. Our love may have died in the jungle," he was quoted as saying.

In the week since her spectacular liberation from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC,) the Colombian press has dwelled on the restrained greeting Betancourt gave her husband when she arrived in military fatigues at an airport fresh out of her jungle prison.

"I am very happy about her liberation, but I must admit that I had expected something else. I had hoped for a warm embrace, not even a kiss since all the world was watching," Lecompte said. "But there was no such embrace, and I stepped aside."

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"Who knows what she heard about me in the jungle, or what people were telling her, for example, about an alleged relationship I was supposed to have had with a Mexican woman," Lecompte said.

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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/217949,betancourts-husband-says-love-may-have-died-in-jungle.html

[AlphaCentauri]

1. Ingrid may not know how her husband was asking for her release

after her release she may got so impressed by Uribe's show, that she preferred to hug the General than her husband.

[EFerrari]

2. These poor people. It would be very difficult for any couple

to survive what they did. :(