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Viewing cable 08BOGOTA3951, HOSTAGE ESCAPE CONTINUES FARC'S WORST YEAR EVER

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08BOGOTA3951 2008-10-29 17:05 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
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UNCLAS BOGOTA 003951 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
SUBJECT: HOSTAGE ESCAPE CONTINUES FARC'S WORST YEAR EVER 
 
SUMMARY 
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1.  Former congressman Oscar Lizcano, held by the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for eight 
years, escaped from a FARC camp along with one of his captors 
and turned himself into an Army checkpoint in San Jose del 
Palmar (Choco) on October 26.  President Uribe and Defense 
Minister Santos announced that FARC member Wilson Bueno Largo 
("Isaza") would receive a cash reward and asylum in France 
for helping Lizcano escape. Bueno said he deserted because 
Colombian military pressure had made living conditions 
unbearable and called on his former colleagues to follow his 
example. He condemned the FARC as a group "lacking morals and 
political orientation."  It is unclear if the GOC has the 
legal authority to allow Lizcano--who faces serious criminal 
charges--to leave Colombia.  End Summary. 
 
EX-CONGRESSMAN LIZCANO ESCAPES WITH FARC CAPTOR 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
2. Former Conservative Party congressman Oscar Lizcano and 
his Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) captor, 
Wilson Bueno Largo ("Isaza") turned themselves into the 
Colombian Army on October 26 after escaping from the FARC on 
October 23.  Colombian press reports say this is the first 
known instance of a FARC member deserting with a hostage. 
Lizcano, held by the FARC since August 2000, said that he and 
Bueno escaped at night and wandered through the jungle for 72 
hours without sleep until they came across an Army checkpoint 
near the town of San Jose del Palmar (Choco).  Lizcano also 
said that before his escape, he and fourteen guards from the 
FARC's Aurelio Rodriguez column--of which Bueno was the 
commander--had been on a nearly constant march through the 
jungles of Choco for the last four months due to military 
pressure. 
 
3. At a press conference on October 27, President Uribe and 
Defense Minister Santos appeared onstage with Bueno, 
congratulating him for his "courage" in leaving the rebels 
and helping Lizcano.  Uribe announced that Bueno would 
receive a cash reward (later announced to be one billion 
Colombian pesos, or about 419,000 USD) and political asylum 
in France to protect him from FARC retaliation.  Uribe added 
that he hoped this would encourage other FARC members to 
leave the group.  Santos also said that Colombian forces over 
the October 26-27 weekend had begun an operation to free 
Lizcano based on information provided by a previous FARC 
deserter, but that the two had escaped before the operation 
was implemented. 
 
EX-CAPTOR CITES HUNGER, FARC ISOLATION 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
4. Bueno, who spent twelve years as a FARC combatant, said he 
decided to desert and help Lizcano because of hunger and 
isolation prompted by Colombian military pressure that had 
severely curtailed his column's movements and supplies.  He 
also left to be with his girlfriend, a former FARC member who 
deserted in July.  Bueno publicly called on his former 
comrades to follow his example, condemning the FARC as a 
group "lacking morals and political orientation."  He 
predicted the group would soon disappear, because it was 
severely reduced in numbers and morale.  Bueno added that his 
column had standing orders to kill Lizcano if they 
encountered the Colombian military, but that he had told the 
former legislator that he would protect him in such an event. 
 
 
5. The Lizcano escape represents the latest in a series of 
public setbacks for the FARC this year.  Combined with 
significant leadership losses, record levels of 
desertion--approximately 2500 this year according to the 
Ministry of Defense--and the well-publicized Operation Jaque, 
several Colombian analysts argued that the FARC's widely 
dispersed fronts are becoming increasingly isolated from one 
another as the rebels' command, control, and communications 
break down.  Other commentators suggested that the 
months-long march by Lizcano and his guards, along with 
Bueno's decision to flee, indicate the FARC's Secretariat has 
lost control over the group's remaining 28 "political" 
hostages. 
 
FRENCH ASYLUM REMAINS UNCERTAIN 
------------------------------- 
6. Local French DMC Alain Fort confirmed that the GOF is 
willing to receive Bueno if his legal situation in Colombia 
is resolved.  In addition, Ingrid Betancourt personally 
phoned Bueno and promised she would work to have the French 
government accept him and his girlfriend, according to 
leading daily El Tiempo. Still, it is unclear if the GOC has 
the legal authority to allow Bueno--who faces potential 
kidnapping and other serious human rights charges--to allow 
Bueno to depart Colombia.  Despite the risks of possible 
retaliation from the FARC, Bueno said he is not sure whether 
he would accept an offer of asylum in France. 
BROWNFIELD