‘FARC use illegal mining to finance war’
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC have taken up the illegal mining of gold to finance their armed conflict with the state, President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. According to the…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC have taken up the illegal mining of gold to finance their armed conflict with the state, President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. According to the…
Armed men on Thursday killed the grandson of the mayor of a south Colombian town in a failed attempt to kidnap the mayor’s daughter. According to several media reports, the…
Colombian rebel group FARC have recruited at least 60 minors from Panama, one of the alleged recruits said on Panamian television. In an interview with Panamian television network TVN, the…
Colombia’s government said Tuesday that 2,381 members of Colombian guerrilla groups deserted their ranks in 2010. According to the Program for Humanitarian Attention for the Demobilized (PAHD), 2,009 of these…
Colombia’s defense minister said Saturday that FARC leader “Alfonso Cano,” who Friday warned the country his guerrilla group will “redouble action,” will go down just like other guerrilla leaders such…
Alfonso Cano, supreme leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, said that the guerrillas this year will multiply “actions in every way” in a new-years message released on YouTube Friday.…
Five FARC guerrillas, three policemen and one minor were killed in a guerrilla attack on the southern Colombian town of San Vicente del Caguan Friday, local media said. According to…
Ecuador dismantled 125 FARC camps on its side of the border, the country’s new ambassador to Colombia said Thursday. Raul Vallejo, who took office in Bogota this week, told Colombian…
A video seized by Colombian authorities and released to television network RCN shows the FARC’s elite forces training. According to RCN, the video was seized last year when authorities arrested…