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After few days, his body started to show signs of fatigue. His and his daughter"s feet had to be treated for blisters resulting from the enormous effort. As Moncayo approached the city of Popayán, his walk started to be covered by the media, and his name became increasingly well-known to the Colombian public.
When he arrived in the city of Cali, Moncayo was received by Governor Angelino Garzón who offered him a place to stay.
Days later, when he arrived in Pereira, he was received by the mayor of that city, who decorated him a "citizen of honour". He crossed the highest pass of the Andes before arriving in the city of Ibagué.
On Wednesday, 1 August 2007, Moncayo walked the last stretch of his journey, to the historic downtown of the capital city, and arrived in Bolívar Square, cheered on by thousands of people. The arrival of Gustavo Moncayo at the Plaza de Bolívar led to a public exchange of views between him and President Uribe, who offered to declare a "meeting zone" for ninety days, in which his representatives and those of the FARC might negotiate a peace accord, but that such a step could come only after the FARC released its hostages.
Moncayo commented.
. and we are in the middle of this political game between the government and the FARC. He also expressed the opinion that Uribe"s offer to the FARC was not serious. Fernando Londoño, a former conservative Interior Minister, criticized Moncayo in an opinion column for the regional Colombian newspaper El Paíson On April 16, 2009, FARC announced that they intend to release Pablo to his father and liberal Senator Piedad Córdoba as a humanitarian gesture.
He was released on March 30, 2010.