FARC has delivered 60% of weapons: UN
Colombia’s formerly largest guerrilla group, the FARC, has delivered 60% of its 7,000 demobilized guerrillas’ arms, the United Nations said Friday. The Marxist rebel group was supposed to have delivered…
Colombia’s formerly largest guerrilla group, the FARC, has delivered 60% of its 7,000 demobilized guerrillas’ arms, the United Nations said Friday. The Marxist rebel group was supposed to have delivered…
The leader of Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group said on Thursday all the group’s weapons will be handed over to the United Nations by June 20 as planned, part of…
The United Nations said Wednesday it had received 40% of the demobilized FARC guerrillas’ weapons, 20% less than agreed in the timeline that seeks the rebel group’s full disarmament before…
On top of its already promised 20% reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases, Colombia announced Tuesday it seeks a 30% reduction before 2030, but through foreign aid. Environment Minister…
Since the FARC’s abandonment of illegal activity in September last year, a handful of splinter groups have formed, all fighting to maintain some of the disarming guerrilla group’s abandoned clandestine…
Some of Colombia’s demobilizing FARC rebels will train as bodyguards to prevent fellow guerrillas from attacks as they begin reintegration into society through the country’s peace process. The 305 ex-combatants…
A top FARC commander has vowed that the guerrilla group will turn over all assets obtained during the armed conflict through illegal activity. In an interview with the newspaper, Delix…
Colombia’s National Army has begun a major organizational reform, eliminating entire Special Task Forces and reforming the vast majority of regional divisions, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. Of Colombia’s 8 military divisions, the entire…
Colombia’s largest and demobilizing guerrilla group FARC has met a revised deadline to surrender 30% of its weapons in an ongoing peace process with the Marxist rebel group, the United Nations…