Keith Stansell, American who was held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia during 2003–2008
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John Lawrence Stansell (1875–1956), a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
He worked cases which included the Jill Carroll case in Iraq, the Steve Centanni case in the Gaza Strip, the Burnham-Sobero Abu Sayyaf case in the Philippines, and the Gonsalves-Howes-Stansell kidnapping in Colombia which culminated in the July 2008 rescue by Colombian forces.