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FARC guerrillas agreed to disarm in a 2016 peace deal, and Colombia's government promised to protect them. But in the years since, nearly 200 former FARC rebels have been attacked and killed.
The prosecutor's office accuses rebels of killing eight people after fearing the alleged formation of a rival group.
The rebels have good reasons to be cagey. Once they become unarmed civilians, they will have to trust Colombian security forces — their mortal foes for the past 50 years — to protect them from ...
FARC guerrillas and civilians build barracks in the Transitional Standardization Zone in Pondores, La Guajira department, Colombia, on March 31. (Joaquin Sarmiento/ Agence France-Presse via Getty ...
In January 2016, before the agreement, the Colombian government and rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia known as the FARC jointly asked the United Nations to monitor any cease ...
Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Commander of the Colombian Military Forces, greets his troops during the army's arrival to an area that was previously occupied by FARC rebels, in Meta, Colombia, on June 1 ...
A soldier stands guard on a street in Ituango, Colombia, on Oct. 19, 2019. The town is home to a new public radio station staffed by ex-FARC rebels and war victims.
The conflict between the government and the leftist rebels of the ELN dates back to the 1960s. The larger Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, agreed a peace deal with the government ...
HAVANA (AP) — While the angry rhetoric and bombs continue to fly back home, Colombian rebels and government negotiators in peace talks in the Cuban capital describe an increasingly collegial ...
BOGOTA, Colombia – After more than five decades of battle in Colombia's jungles, the nation's largest rebel movement initiated the launch of its political party Sunday at a concrete convention ...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former combatants for Colombia's once-largest rebel army asked for forgiveness Monday as they acknowledged kidnappings during the nation's long civil conflict at a ...