Holy crap, Colombia totally pwned the FARC rebels.
Basically the narco-terrorist rebels' greatest accomplishment was that they were holding a former presidential candidate and three american contracters hostage. The Colombian government managed to trick the rebel leader holding the hostages ("Cesar") that the supreme commander of the rebels wanted to see him and the rebels. So Cesar got on one of two helicopters with all the rebels and they took off without incident to go see the wizard. However the entire thing was a ruse! Once in flight Cesar was tied up and the shocked hostages freed. Not a single shot was fired and the rebels were deprived of their most significant bargaining chip.
This comes on the heels of the deaths of several notable rebel commanders over the last year, and increasing numbers of defecting rebels.
Also of note, of course you will recall that earlier in the year evidence surfaced that Hugo Chaves, president of neighbouring Venezuala, had been supporting the terrorist organization.
And of course, speaking of presidential candidate prisoners of war in Colombia, McCain happened to be hanging out there at the time. Silly.