ABCNews -- It played out like a scene from a summer blockbuster. Outnumbered and in disguise Colombian commandos rescued 15 hostages from the jungle without a single casualty. Former FBI hostage negotiators say that sort of high risk operation rarely yields such a great pay-off.
"It is absolutely stunning how things unfolded there," said former FBI agent Jack Cloonan, now an ABC News consultant. "In the real world things like this rarely happen."
Internationally, kidnapping rescue attempts end without casualties about 10% of the time, said Cloonan, who still works in hostage negotiation with a private firm. "And consider that this was FARC, kidnapping is their specialty."
The FARC held their 15 hostages, which included three Americans and...