Tag: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

• 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.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  Dissident FARC group claims responsibility for attack against Colombian President Duque

  

  The June 25 attack against the helicopter carrying Colombian President Iván Duque and some of his closest aides finally sees some light as the Magdalena Medio Bloc, a dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for it over this weekend.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Colombian police thwarts death attempt on FARC ex guerrilla leader

  

  Colombian police thwarted an assassination attempt against Rodrigo Londoño, former commander of the demobilized Farc rebels better known by his nom de guerre Timochenko, a senior official said on Sunday.

• Monday, November 25th 2019 - 06:11 UTC

  Colombian president opens national dialogue following unprecedented anti government protests

  

  President Ivan Duque, the target of unprecedented anti-government protests in Colombia, on Sunday opened a national dialogue aimed at assuaging popular anger. Duque, a conservative who is deeply unpopular 18 months after his election, “initiated the social dialogue” with mayors and other officials at 3:00 pm, the presidency said in a statement.

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Colombian guerrilla leaders criticize the peace accord and return to the jungle to resume fighting

  

  A former senior commander of the dissolved FARC rebel army in Colombia announced on Thursday he is taking up arms again along with other guerrillas who have distanced themselves from a historic peace accord signed with the government.

• Thursday, January 17th 2019 - 19:30 UTC

  Nine killed and dozens injured with car-bomb in Bogotá next to police academy

  

  At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured in a car bombing at a police academy in Colombia's capital, Bogotá on Thursday, recalling the high-profile attacks associated with bloodiest chapters of the country's drug-fueled guerrilla conflict.

• Saturday, December 22nd 2018 - 15:31 UTC

  Ex FARC still active guerrilla leader Guacho shot dead by Colombian forces

  

  Walter Patricio Arizala, a.k.a. “Guacho,” the FARC dissident behind the kidnapping and murder of three journalists from Quito's El Comercio newspaper, died Friday during an operation of the Colombian security forces in the jungle of Llorente, in the Tumaco municipality of the south-western department of Nariño, near the border with Ecuador, President Iván Duque announced.

• Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  Former president during one of Colombia's bloodiest periods has died

  

  Former Colombian President Belisario Betancur, who attempted to broker peace with Marxist rebels during his administration, died on Friday at the age of 95, the Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota hospital said.The hospital did not provide a cause of death, but media reports said he had been admitted with kidney problems.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:40 UTC

  FARC said to be regrouping to resume guerrilla fighting in Colombia

  

  Colombian Armed Forces commanding officer General Alberto José Mejía is aware of the existence of a plan to refund the FARC guerrillas and those behind it would be the group's former leaders, Radio Caracol reported this weekend.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 06:50 UTC

  Colombian president Duque anticipates “corrections” to the peace deal with guerrillas

  

  Colombia’s youngest elected president was sworn in to office on Tuesday, promising to “make corrections” to a peace deal with leftist rebels that has divided the country and to crack down on lingering armed groups still roaming the countryside.