The Colombian army located leftist rebels who are holding kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, but canceled a rescue operation so as not to endanger her life, an army general said in Florencia.
The rescue operation was suspended "at the request of doctor Betancourt's family, who asked that her life not be endangered," said the military commander of the southern Colombian region, General Roberto Pizarro.
FARC guerrillas kidnapped Betancourt, 40, along with her campaign manager when she tried to drive into the nearby former rebel stronghold of San Vicente del Caguan on Saturday.
Betancourt is a candidate for the small Green Oxygen party in the May 26 election. Bureau Report