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Ingrid Betancourt is perhaps one of the world's most famous hostages.

At the time of her capture she was campaigning around Colombia for the presidency.

But on 23 February 2002, when she was due to take her campaign into a remote village called San Vicente del Caguan, she was snatched by left wing rebels - the FARC and taken deep into the Amazon jungle.

It was the beginning of six long years, during which she and her fellow hostages faced physical abuse, long marches through the jungle and terrible living conditions.

She was finally released after a dramatic rescue by the Colombian army in 2008.

When Ingrid joined Matthew Bannister in the Outlook studio, she told him about the fear she felt about being released from captivity after six years away from civilisation.

Her book 'Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle' is out now.

Visit our to see a photo of Ingrid with Matthew in the Outlook studio.

First broadcast on 7 October 2010.