Tag: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

• Wednesday, June 11th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

  Colombian authorities gun down guerrilla leader Cholinga

  

  Colombian Army troops gunned down Wilmar Pazu Rivera, alias “Cholinga,” a leader of the FARC dissidents' Isaías Pardo Bloc within the Central General Staff (EMC), during a Joint Command of Special Operations (CCOES) mission in the hamlet of Las Dalias, in the municipality of Paez (Cauca), President Gustavo Petro announced.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2025 - 23:17 UTC

  Petro and Maduro discuss cooperation in tackling drug trafficking

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro discussed with Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro the possibility of tackling drug trafficking together on the border between the two countries, particularly “in the Catatumbo River” where a joint action plan is under development given the security crisis stemming from activities by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

  Petro wants Biden to pardon high-profile FARC leader

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro would like his US colleague Joseph Biden to pardon convicted Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera, alias Simón Trinidad, who is serving a 60-year prison sentence for kidnapping in a federal facility in the State of Colorado.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2024 - 08:53 UTC

  Former Venezuelan General sentenced to 21 years in a US jail

  

  A former Venezuelan General involved in drug trafficking and who has admitted to helping the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas was sentenced Monday to 21 years in jail by US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in a Manhattan federal court.

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 07:41 UTC

  Colombia: Rebels demand ceasefire honored, or else...

  

  A dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Sunday asked President Gustavo Pedtro's administration to reestablish a nationwide ceasefire or else Colombian Army facilities would be attacked. The rebel Central General Staff (EMC) also asked civilians to stay away from military and police officers.

• Friday, August 11th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

  Former FARC guerrilla fighter dies in Buenos Aires riots

  

  An Argentine national with a criminal record as a member of the dissolved Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) died Thursday in Buenos Aires after being arrested by the City Police amid riots staged by leftwing groups around the iconic Obelisk, it was reported.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 08:44 UTC

  Colombian gov't, dissident FARC guerrillas hold preliminary peace talks

  

  Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Rueda, and representatives of dissident Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) guerrillas have met during the weekend to discuss possible talks, according to a statement released on Saturday.

• 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.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 23:21 UTC

  UN Secretary-General arrives in Colombia for 5th anniversary of peace deal with FARC

  

  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived Tuesday in Bogotá to participate in the ceremonies marking the fifth anniversary of the peace agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC Guerrillas.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Duque wants Venezuela to be declared “promoter of terrorism” for harboring FARC dissidents

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Monday said several former guerrilla commanders were being granted shelter in Venezuela and asked the United States that Venezuela be added to the list of countries that promote terrorism.