Shakira, other Latin pop stars vow to fight on for hostages BOGOTA (AFP) — Colombian singing sensation Shakira and nine other Latin music stars vowed Monday to keep fighting for the release of hostages held by Colombian rebels after 15 captives were freed last week.The musicians, from Spanish singers Alejandro Sanz and Miguel Bose to Colombian pop stars Juanes and Carlos Vives, made their pledge in a letter to the 15 ex-hostages, including French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt. "We will continue until we see all of them free," the letter says. "Our eyes and lips will not rest until we see and kiss those who remain captives of those without conscience."
The letter is also signed by David Bisbal, Juan Fernando Velasco, Ricardo Montaner, Paulina Rubio and Juan Luis Guerra. The same group of artists had promoted a peace concert at the Colombian-Venezuelan in March amid fears of a regional conflict pitting Colombia against Venezuela and Ecuador. Last Wednesday, the Colombian military rescued Betancourt, three US nationals and 11 Colombians who had been held hostages by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for years.
The guerrilla group still holds an estimated 700 hostages for ransom as well as 24 high-profile captives whom the FARC considers "political prisoners," a group that Betancourt and the Americans used to belong to.
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