Bogota, Aug 3 (EFE) Colombia's rebel guerrilla group has released an oil worker they abducted nearly three months ago in the southern city of Puerto Asis, the oil worker's wife said.

German Perez, who was taken hostage May 15 by the 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was set free Friday, Perez's wife, Leveiza Mora, told reporters.

'The most important thing is that we have him with us and that we are enjoying his pleasant company, which for us, especially for me, is of great importance due to the suffering the kidnapping caused me,' Mora said.

The 34-year-old Perez was handed over to his wife and the family celebrated his release, Perez'd relatives confirmed.

The FARC, Colombia's oldest and largest leftist guerrilla group, was founded in 1964, has an estimated 8,000 to 17,000 fighters and operates across a large swath of this Andean nation.