Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez began a delicate operation on Friday to pluck three hostages from rebel-held areas of the Colombian jungle _ a process shrouded in secrecy by the guerrilla insurgency.
Chavez is calling the mission "Operation Emmanuel," after the captive child who is believed to be the son of hostage Clara Rojas and a guerrilla fighter.
"We hope to rescue and liberate them in the coming hours," Chavez said Friday, wearing the red beret of his army days as he addressed troops in Caracas.
By special arrangement with Colombia's U.S.-allied government, Venezuela is sending two Russian-made MI-17 helicopters to …
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