Bogota  - Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage by leftist rebels for more than six years, has filed for divorce from her husband, the Colombian magazine Semana reported Sunday.

Betancourt wants a divorce from publicist Juan Carlos Lecompte and reportedly argued that they had been "bodily separated" for more than six years, well beyond the two years that are required by Colombian law as sufficient cause for divorce.