''Out of Captivity'', subtitled ''Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle'', is a 2009 book written by
Marc Gonsalves
Marc David Gonsalves (born 1972) is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was abducted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and was held hostage from February 13, 2003, to July 2, 2008. He was rescued in Operation Jaque, along ...
,
Keith Stansell
Keith Donald Stansell is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC) and was held hostage from February 13, 2003 to July 2, 2008. He w ...
, and
Thomas Howes with the assistance of author
Gary Brozek
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. It narrates the nearly five and a half years they spent in the Colombian jungle as prisoners of the
FARC
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army ( es, link=no, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de ColombiaEjército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflic ...
, an insurgent organization, which accused them of being members of the CIA after their plane crashed in a mountainous region on February 13, 2003.
Marc Gonsalves, served in the USAF, Keith Stansell was a Marine, and Tom Howes is a professional pilot. They were civilian contractors working for the
U.S. Department of Defense
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at the time of the accident.
References
Book Excerpt: 'Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle' (In Spanish)
2009 non-fiction books
Books about Colombia
FARC
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