There have been many justifiable statements that the Colombian rescue
operation team was 'as good as the Israelis'. Obviously the Israeli
commandos are the gold standard of the world and obviously the
Colombian commandos did a great job.
When the movie gets made the world will have to know that, in fact, the Israelis trained the Colombians. It comes from Haaretz and names names: former Brigadier General Israel Ziv, and former Brigadier Yossi Kuperwasser did the training.