Tag: FARC

• Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 02:01 UTC

  Steven to FARC: “sirs you have cut my wings; you destroyed my hopes”

  

  Steven is the 13 year old boy of Colombian Army Sergeant Major Jose Libio Martinez who was never able to meet his father executed last Saturday by the FARC kidnappers who shot him in the head when surrounded by Colombian forces in the jungle.

• Sunday, November 27th 2011 - 05:49 UTC

  Surrounded by the Colombian Army, FARC kills four hostages and one escapes

  

  Colombia's FARC rebels have executed four hostages but a fifth hostage was found alive after escaping his captors, the defense minister said Saturday. The hostages had been held at a FARC encampment in the remote Solano region of southern Colombia.

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 20:08 UTC

  Colombian president tells new FARC leader: turn in or risk death

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos warned the new FARC rebel chief ‘Timochenko’ to reconsider waging war or risk the same fate as his predecessor, who was shot dead by Special Forces this month.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2011 - 23:03 UTC

  Colombia’s FARC name a new leader and promise to fight on

  

  Colombia's FARC guerrillas named Timoleon Jimenez, known as Timochenko, as the group's new leader after its previous boss was killed this month, according to a rebel statement published on a website.

• Monday, November 7th 2011 - 05:23 UTC

  Colombian FARC rebels reject plea to demobilize after the killing of their leader

  

  Colombia's FARC rebels rejected a plea to demobilize after the killing of their leader Alfonso Cano gave President Juan Manuel Santos his biggest military victory.

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 04:13 UTC

  Colombian president claims Gaddafi supported FARC with money

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday that the death of ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is a moral blow for the FARC that allegedly had ties to the north African leader.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2011 - 08:07 UTC

  Paraguay sends the Army to the north of the country to combat guerrilla groups

  

  Paraguay troops begun pouring into two Northern provinces Monday evening where a state of exception was declared to try and combat an outbreak of guerrilla attacks that has killed members of the police forces, kidnapped for ransom and robbed local banks.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 06:11 UTC

  Colombian Army uncovers 2.000 FARC landmines; most casualties civilians

  

  The Colombian army has found 1,961 landmines this year that were planted by FARC guerrillas in Putumayo, a jungle province on Colombia’s southern border with Ecuador and Peru, military spokesmen said.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 19:37 UTC

  Colombia Defence minister resigns; deep reshuffle in forces anticipated

  

  Colombia's Defence Minister Rodrigo Rivera resigned Wednesday amid growing criticism of the security forces and increasing attacks by the narco-terrorist rebel groups in the country. Last week it was also revealed that the number of ‘disappeared’ in Colombia is almost 62.000.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:10 UTC

  Colombia forces change strategy and will attack terrorists with small scale units

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos vowed to develop better strategies in the war on the Marxist oriented drugs funded guerrillas who still manage regular small attacks despite being at their weakest in decades.