AR C – EP ▁reb els . ▁" They ▁jump ed ▁into ▁the ▁river , ▁and ▁then ▁I ▁started ▁to ▁shout , ▁' I ' m ▁L iz cano ' ", ▁he ▁said . ▁ ▁So on ▁after ▁the ▁liber ation ▁of ▁this ▁prominent ▁political ▁host age , ▁the ▁Vice ▁President ▁of ▁Colombia ▁Francisco ▁Santos ▁Cal der ón ▁called ▁Latin ▁America ' s ▁biggest ▁gu err illa ▁group ▁a ▁" paper ▁t iger " ▁with ▁little ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁territory , ▁adding ▁that ▁" they ▁have ▁really ▁been ▁dimin ished ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁where ▁we ▁can ▁say ▁they ▁are ▁a ▁minimal ▁threat ▁to ▁Colomb ian ▁security ", ▁and ▁that ▁" After ▁six ▁years ▁of ▁going ▁after ▁them , ▁reducing ▁their ▁income ▁and ▁prom oting ▁re insert ion ▁of ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁members , ▁they ▁look ▁like ▁a ▁paper ▁t iger ." ▁However , ▁he ▁war ned ▁against ▁any ▁kind ▁of ▁prem ature ▁tri um phal ism , ▁because ▁" cr ushing ▁the ▁reb els ▁will ▁take ▁time ". ▁The ▁ ▁of ▁j ung le ▁in ▁Colombia ▁makes ▁it ▁hard ▁to ▁track ▁them ▁down ▁to ▁fight . ▁▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁prisoner ▁events ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 1 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁The ▁F AR C – EP ▁announced ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁release ▁civil ian ▁host ages ▁Alan ▁J ara , ▁Sig if red o ▁López , ▁three ▁low - ran king ▁police ▁officers ▁and ▁a ▁low - ran king ▁soldier ▁to ▁Senator ▁P ied ad ▁C