Hostages faced extreme weather, insects, and a diet consisting primarily of rice and beans. Physical and Mental Torture:

Betancourt has described being humiliated, beaten, and threatened with death. Following a third failed escape attempt, her captors forced her to wear a heavy chain around her neck as a form of "violent retribution". Sexual Assault: In her 2010 memoir Even Silence Has an End

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