For many in Colombia, hostage nightmare goes on

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‘Pardon Patricia Nieto if she wasn’t swept up in the euphoria that lifted this nation after the recent rescue of 15 hostages held by leftist guerrillas,’ write the L.A. Times’ Chris Kraul and Patrick J. McDonnell in Cali, Colombia.

The rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which was tricked into giving up long-held hostages, including presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. defense contractors, is still holding 700 people, including Nieto’s husband, Sigifredo Lopez.

Read on about the Colombian hostages left behind.

-- Deborah Bonello in Los Angeles