Who Is Ingrid Betancourt's Code Of Conduct?

Ingrid Betancourt was a Columbian politician and presidential candidate until she was kidnapped and held hostage by FARC guerrillas for six years before getting rescue by the Columbian military. Her story is full of horror and bravery as she held out against her abductors for years and never gave up the hope that she will be rescued one day. If Mrs. Betancourt were a soldier in the United States Army, the articles of the Code of Conduct that she kept faith with would be Articles II, III, and IV. The second article of the Code of Conduct states that, “I will never surrender of my own free will” (Robert K. Ruhl, 2018). At one point, she contemplated about killing one of captors guarding her whenever the opportunity presents itself to her. Mrs. Betancourt (2017) spent, “days, I
I still have enough freedom to decide who I want to be."” (Ingrid Betancourt, April 2017) According to Robert Ruhl (2018), Article III of the Code of Conduct states that if the enemy catches you; you will always fight back, escape whenever you have the opportunity and reject any offers/temptations they will try to give you (Robert, 2018). One time, another hostage named Pincho decided to escape and asked for her help she even said that, “By that point, I basically had a master's degree in escape attempts.” and “got started but we had a delay, because first, Pincho had to learn how to swim. And we had to carry out all these preparations in total secrecy.” (Ingrid Betancourt, April 2017) This is an example that you must never give up hope in escaping from the enemy, as hope will help you in the end. Mrs. Betancourt followed Article IV of the Military Code of Conduct by making herself a role model for the other hostages with her. She described the guerrilla’s system as a, “technique to break us, to defeat us, to divide us.” (Ingrid Betancourt, April 2017) It is important to resist this brutal system of control, as “Strong leadership is essential to