Tag: FARC

• Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:27 UTC

  Petro links FARC groups to bomb trap that killed 7

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro said this weekend that it was very likely that dissident FARC groups were behind the bomb trap attack that killed 7 police officers last week.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Maduro's links with terrorism “a threat” to the region, opposition leader says

  

  According to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, Nicolás “Maduro's links with international terrorism are a threat to the region.”

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Another FARC dissident leader gunned down

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Monday reported a dangerous dissident FARC leader had been gunned down by national forces in Suárez, Cauca.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Colombian election in two weeks could represent a historic change in the country's history

  

  The specter of assassination is again haunting the electoral campaign in Colombia, where a left-wing candidate has a real chance of becoming president for the first time in a country that has a history of political careers ending in a hail of bullets.

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Four Colombian soldiers killed by dissident FARC group

  

  Four Colombian regular soldiers were killed in a rural area of the department of Meta after they were ambushed by a group of dissidents from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Omega Joint Task Force said in a statement.

• Monday, March 28th 2022 - 21:25 UTC

  Girl wounded at bombing of Colombian police station dies

  

  A bomb attack against a police station in the Colombian capital of Bogotá last Saturday has a new fatal victim after a 5-year-old girl who was wounded in the incident died Monday, authorities have confirmed.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Colombia's JEP to open new lines of investigation

  

  Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), a court created by the peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has been forced to launch new lines of inquiries, following compelling testimony and evidence, it was announced.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Betancourt to run for Colombia's presidency on her own

  

  Former presidential candidate and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage Ingrid Betancourt Sunday announced she will run to succeed Iván Duque as head of state under her own political party (Verde Oxígeno) after breaking up with the Centro Esperanza coalition.

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  One killed, many injured in Colombian guerrilla violence

  

  One Colombian soldier was killed, 22 others were injured and two United Nations lorries were burned down Thursday after National Liberation Army (ELN) and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents attacked three military bases in the northern region.

• Saturday, January 22nd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Bomb found at former FARC political meeting point

  

  Colombian police Friday found an explosive device ready to go off at a Bogotá restaurant which also serves as the political headquarters of former FARC combatants, it was reported. The venue, known as Casa Alternativa, is a meeting point for ex-fighters making arrangements for the March elections.