The army have arrested a leading FARC ringleader in central-southwest Colombia, authorities said Thursday only days after the guerrillas warned that attacks on units could end their unilateral ceasefire.
Colombia’s army accused rebel group FARC on Friday of killing five soldiers only hours before the group confirmed a unilateral and indefinite rebel ceasefire starting Saturday.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thursday that the national government “appreciates” a unilateral ceasefire announced by the FARC, but does not accept the rebels’ condition of international observers to verify the…
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, on Wednesday declared an indefinite ceasefire, an unprecedented concession to public pressure and opponents to ongoing peace talks with the country’s government.
Following the release of General Ruben Dario Alzate who had been held by the FARC for two weeks, government and rebel negotiators began negotiating how to “de-escalate” the conflict. The FARC…
Colombia’s inspector general on Monday urged President Juan Manuel Santos to de-escalate the war against the FARC, but keep up military pressure on the guerrillas.
FARC negotiator “Pablo Catatumbo” said Thursday that a recent suspension in peace talks following the capture of a Colombian Army general demonstrates the need to agree to a bilateral ceasefire.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday called to intensify military actions against Colombia’s largest armed group FARC after an attack that killed seven police and wounded five.
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN on Friday called for a bilateral ceasefire, criticizing a current protocol of maintaining offensives during peace talks with the FARC as “contradictory” and “generating confusion.”