recently freed politician Clara Rojas finally gets to see her child

[donsu]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/11/colombia.hostages/index.html?section=cnn_latest


-snip-

Clara Rojas gave birth to a boy, fathered by one of the rebels, two years after she was taken hostage.

The rebels took the infant away from her when he was 8 months old. Three years have passed since Rojas last saw her son; he's nearly 4 and in the custody of Colombia's child-welfare agency.

When Rojas was freed on Thursday, she strode into a jungle clearing and climbed aboard a helicopter with a photo of her son dangling from her neck.

"The boy is named Emanuel, but he is a gift from God," she later told Caracol Radio in Colombia. "He was the smallest and sweetest thing."

-snip-

President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia told reporters that his government will soon relinquish custody of the boy to Rojas, a former vice presidential candidate. She was taken hostage on February 23, 2002, as she managed the presidential campaign of Ingrid Betancourt, who remains in rebel hands.
-snip-
-------------------------------


wishing her well