FARC seek release of French journalist: Red Cross
The FARC have asked the Red Cross (ICRC) to facilitate the release of French journalist Romeo Langlois, the international aid organization told French press agency AFP Sunday. “We have received…
The FARC have asked the Red Cross (ICRC) to facilitate the release of French journalist Romeo Langlois, the international aid organization told French press agency AFP Sunday. “We have received…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday he is “not certain” whether guerrilla group FARC is holding French journalist Romeo Langlois captive. “I am not certain if they have him…
Three U.S. military contractors have been awarded $318 million by a Tampa Bay judge after being held in FARC captivity between 2003 and 2008. The money will come from 21…
A Colombian official announced a new strategy for liberating civilian hostages held by guerrilla groups, Wednesday. In a Defense Ministry email, Director of the Presidential Human Rights Program Alma Viviana…
The Colombian government has announced a new policy to determine the exact number of hostages being held by illegal armed groups and guerrillas in the country. The director of the…
Colombian authorities have captured an alleged FARC member in central Colombia supposedly responsible for the murder of three police officers and one soldier kidnapped by the group 10 years ago,…
Two Colombian generals and a former hostage have claimed the FARC still holds prisoners of war despite the release of what the rebels said were their last political hostages last…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC is widely criticized for its practice of kidnapping as a form of making money, something the guerrillas have vowed to end.
Freed Colombian hostages began to detail the constant fear of death they felt during years spent in FARC captivity, during a press conference in Bogota Tuesday. “For many years we…