Sigifredo López, a hostage held by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), asked Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in a proof of life forwarded last weekend to take him in as political refugee while his release is materialized, reported on Monday his wife Patricia Nieto.

"In this last proof, he requested political refuge in Venezuela and I am going to deal with it; there is the need to do it; it is a family commitment," said the politician's wife. López is the only survivor of a group of 12 ex Colombian deputies killed in captivity last year.

López was kidnapped six years ago. He made the petition in a video recorded on March 30th and delivered last Saturday by the guerrilla to the Catholic Church, reported AFP.

Nieto told local radio stations that the leader views his proposal as his "only possibility of freedom," and promised to submit it to the Venezuelan government.

"Together with a group of friends, we will work on this application for political refuge in Venezuela," she said.