Former FARC hostage tells his story

The World

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with former American military contractor Marc Gonsalves about his experience being held hostage for more than five years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC. Gonsalves was on board a plane that went down in FARC territory during a counter-narcotics mission in 2003.

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