▁would ▁release ▁their ▁remaining ▁ten ▁political ▁host ages . ▁The ▁host ages ▁were ▁released ▁on ▁ 2 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁The ▁president ▁of ▁Colombia , ▁Juan ▁Manuel ▁Santos , ▁said ▁that ▁this ▁incident ▁was ▁" not ▁enough ", ▁and ▁asked ▁the ▁F AR C ▁to ▁release ▁the ▁civil ian ▁host ages ▁they ▁possess . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 2 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁F AR C ▁released ▁four ▁Chinese ▁oil ▁workers . ▁The ▁host ages ▁were ▁working ▁for ▁the ▁Emer ald ▁Energy ▁oil ▁company , ▁a ▁British - based ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁China ' s ▁S ino chem ▁Group , ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁kid n apped ▁on ▁ 8 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Their ▁Colomb ian ▁driver ▁was ▁also ▁kid n apped , ▁but ▁released ▁several ▁hours ▁later . ▁Author ities ▁identified ▁the ▁fre ed ▁men ▁as ▁Tang ▁Gu of u , ▁Z ha o ▁Hong wei , ▁J ian ▁M ing fu , ▁and ▁Ji ang ▁Sh an . ▁ ▁Santos ▁announced ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁that ▁the ▁Colomb ian ▁government ▁has ▁engaged ▁in ▁tal ks ▁with ▁F AR C ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁seek ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁the ▁conflict : ▁ ▁Ex pl or atory ▁convers ations ▁have ▁been ▁held ▁with ▁the ▁F AR C ▁to ▁find ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁the ▁conflict . ▁I ▁want ▁to ▁make ▁very ▁clear ▁to ▁Colomb ians ▁that ▁the ▁approaches ▁that ▁have ▁been ▁carried ▁out ▁and ▁the ▁ones ▁that