ency ▁F ond eli bert ad ▁review ed ▁ 3 , 3 0 7 ▁officially ▁un sett led ▁cases ▁and ▁removed ▁those ▁that ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁resolved ▁or ▁for ▁which ▁there ▁was ▁ins u fficient ▁information . ▁The ▁ag ency ▁concluded ▁that ▁ 1 2 5 ▁host ages ▁remained ▁in ▁capt ivity ▁nation wide ▁of ▁whom ▁ 6 6 ▁were ▁being ▁held ▁by ▁the ▁F AR C – EP . ▁The ▁government ' s ▁re vised ▁figures ▁were ▁considered ▁" abs urd ly ▁low " ▁by ▁Fund ación ▁País ▁Lib re , ▁which ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁its ▁own ▁arch ives ▁suggest ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 1 , 6 1 7 ▁people ▁taken ▁host age ▁between ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁remain ▁in ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁their ▁capt ors , ▁including ▁hundreds ▁seized ▁by ▁F AR C . ▁F AR C ▁claimed ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁holding ▁nine ▁people ▁for ▁r ans om ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁host ages ▁kept ▁for ▁a ▁prisoner ▁exchange . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Venez uel an ▁President ▁Hugo ▁Ch á vez ▁expressed ▁his ▁disag re ement ▁with ▁F AR C - EP ' s ▁resort ing ▁to ▁kid n app ings . ▁Form er ▁President ▁F idel ▁Castro ▁of ▁Cuba ▁also ▁critic ized ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁host age - t aking ▁by ▁the ▁gu err illas ▁as ▁" object ively ▁cruel " ▁and ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁group ▁free ▁all ▁of ▁its ▁prisoners ▁and ▁host ages . ▁ ▁In