Tag: Colombia guerrilla

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 06:28 UTC

  Guerrilla group fights in Colombia put civilians in danger

  

  Clashes between dissident Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) in the department of Arauca near the Venezuelan border have left at least 16 people dead, it was reported Monday.

• Friday, February 19th 2021 - 10:14 UTC

  Investigation into Colombian forces extrajudicial killings of 6,402 civilians; 1,500 military involved

  

  Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) said on Thursday that there were at least 6,402 extrajudicial killings between 2002 and 2008. The figure is nearly three times the number the group received when it began investigations.

• Sunday, June 21st 2020 - 21:05 UTC

  Colombian army frees tourists kidnapped three months ago by guerrillas

  

  Colombia's army said on Friday it had freed a Swiss and a Brazilian kidnapped three months ago by suspected guerrillas.

• Monday, October 14th 2013 - 05:28 UTC

  Colombia peace talks stalled; government concerned with slow pace of negotiation

  

  The Colombian government and left-wing FARC rebels ended a 15th round of peace negotiations on Sunday trading accusations over responsibility for the slow pace of the talks and for the first time failing to issue a joint statement on their progress.