Lots of hostages have been rescued by men in black crashing through the doors. But not many hostages have been rescued by tricking their captors into thinking there rescuers were part of the gang. From BBC….

The infiltrators then herded the 15 still-bound captives, as well as two of the rebels – including the notorious Cesar – onto the chopper.

It was only once the aircraft was airborne that the rescuers – some wearing T-shirts bearing the portrait of legendary revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara – revealed their true identities.

The rebels were disarmed, stripped naked and tied up as the liberated hostages celebrated so jubilantly that, in the words of Ms Betancourt, “the helicopter nearly fell from the sky”.

The Belmont Club and SPIEGEL have more details.

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