Uribe's decision came after police officer, John Frank Pinchao, escaped on April 28, 2007 after eight years of captivity by the FARC.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: FARC's atrocities

Ever since Colombian police officer, John Frank Pinchao escaped from the narco-terrorist insurgency inside Colombia, known as the FARC on April 28, 2007, there has been growing pressure on President Uribe to work for the release of the remaining 60 hostages.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Colombian hostage crisis

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, hereby modify the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997, as modified in scope in Executive Order 13448 of October 18, 2007, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13310 of July 28, 2003, Executive Order 13448 of October 18, 2007, and Executive Order 13464 of April 30, 2008.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House