Colombia’s war crimes tribunal asked the country’s security forces to locate “El Paisa,” a feared former FARC commander who disappeared earlier this year. In a press release, the Special Jurisdiction…
Missing FARC leaders “Ivan Marquez” and “El Paisa” reaffirmed their commitment to peace in Colombia on Monday, but said that the country’s ongoing peace process “has been destroyed.” The two…
Several disappeared former FARC commanders have assured authorities they have not abandoned Colombia’s peace process, even though they are out of sight. Four of seven missing FARC leaders have sought…
Six former commanders of the group, until last last year Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, have fled their reintegration camps in recent weeks, the United Nations said Thursday. The ex-rebels, who…
The disappearance of feared former FARC commanders “El Paisa” and “Romaña” should put Colombia’s authorities on their highest alert. Instead they’ve gone quiet. Hernan Dario Velasquez, a.k.a. “El Paisa,” fled…
The political party of Colombia’s demobilized FARC guerrillas said Thursday that three former commanders have gone into hiding after military operations near their reintegration camps. The group’s political leader, Luciano…
Conservatives in Colombia are concerned that a feared former FARC commander could be rearming guerrilla forces after he abandoned the camp where he was leading the reintegration of demobilized guerrillas.…
Hernan Dario Velasquez, a.k.a. “El Paisa,” is one of the most feared former guerrilla commanders of the FARC who has been accused of hundreds of crimes and atrocities. Until he joined peace…
The commander of one of the FARC’s most elite fighting units, “El Paisa,” arrived in Havana to take part in ongoing peace talks after reportedly having rejected the talks.