FARC investigating south Colombia rebel unit’s opposition to peace deal
A leader of Colombia’s FARC rebel group said on Thursday it was investigating why a breakaway unit is opposing a potential peace deal with the government that would end five…
A leader of Colombia’s FARC rebel group said on Thursday it was investigating why a breakaway unit is opposing a potential peace deal with the government that would end five…
Colombia rebel group FARC on Sunday said it would release between 20 and 25 child soldiers under 15 ahead of a peace deal with the government. The defense minister had said…
Colombia’s FARC rebels are set to release 170 child soldiers as part of a pending peace deal with the government. Lessons must be learned from the fraud-stained demobilization of paramilitary child soldiers to…
In spite of shaking hands on a March 23 deadline to finalize three-year-long peace talks, FARC rebels explicitly backed out of the deadline agreement, claiming the government has stalled the process.
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.
Neo-paramilitary groups are the main generators of violence and threats against civilians in the northern Middle Magdalena region, according to a Colombian NGO. According to the conflict-monitoring NGO Nuevo Arco…
Three extradited, ex-paramilitary commanders Wednesday accused the former peace commissioner of using his office to order the murders of guerrilla and paramilitary leaders who opposed the demobilization. Compiled in a…
Since peace talks with the FARC, Colombia’s largest left-wing insurgency group were formally inaugurated in October of 2012 in Norway, 845 guerrillas have reportedly been “neutralized,” claimed the Colombia’s minister of…
130 demobilized members of illegal armed groups have graduated from Medellin’s rehabilitation program to integrate back into Colombian society. Former paramilitaries and ex guerrillas, many from the groups FARC and…