Killed rebel leader called off plans to assassinate Santos: FARC
FARC leader “Timochenko” said that his predecessor halted plans to...
Tag: Alfonso Cano
Policemen killed in central Colombia while attending disturbance
Colombia’s National Police offered a $47,000 reward on Monday to find the killers of two...
Colombia heightens military presence to secure eastern war zone
The Colombian government is bolstering its military presence in eastern Colombia after months of...
Leader of FARC’s 20th Front demobilizes
The commander of rebel group FARC’s 20th Front has turned himself in to the Colombian armed forces, after 20 years fighting as a left-wing guerrilla. Pablo Antonio Ramírez Patiño, alias “Fabian”, demobilized in...
FARC leadership not guilty of killing archbishop: Tribunal
The Superior Tribunal of Colombia’s third largest city of Cali on Wednesday said that the rebel group FARC’s ruling body was not responsible for the killing of a Catholic archbishop in 2002. In 2011, five members of...
Colombia expropriates dead FARC leader’s assests
The Colombian State on Tuesday has expropriated $5 million dollars found during an operation which resulted in the death of a top commander of rebel group FARC, in November 2011. Following the raid that resulted in the killing...
FARC strongholds shift to Colombia’s periphery: NGO
The main areas of FARC activity have shifted from central to southwestern Colombia, according to a new report published on Thursday from conflict-monitoring NGO Nuevo Arco Iris. The report, called “From Caguan to...
Colombia FARC operation leaves 7 dead
An army operation resulted in the deaths of seven alleged rebels near the Venezuelan border Tuesday night in the search for “Jhon 40,” an accused drug-trafficking FARC commander. In the search for “Jhon...
FARC leader rallies base on Twitter
FARC leader “Timochenko” has fired off a flurry of incendiary tweets against the Colombian government less than two weeks before peace talks begin. The supreme leader of the FARC Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, better...
‘Alfonso Cano’ initiated peace talks: Santos
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday he and the FARC began secret peace negotiations in late 2010 at the initiative of now-killed FARC leader “Alfonso Cano. “The person who indirectly communicated with...
Deaths in Colombian armed conflict increased in 2011: US
A new U.S. report showed an increase in violent deaths due to Colombia’s armed conflict in 2011 and highlighted a rise in the number of rebel attacks against security forces. The annual “Country Reports on Terrorism,” released...
Revealing FARC photos released by Colombian magazine (photos)
A series of archival photos of the FARC were released by Colombian magazine Semana, providing an unprecedented look into the daily life of Latin America’s oldest guerrilla group. {japopup...
