As Colombia marks five years since the signing of the Final Accord with FARC, deep political divisions continue over the future of a fragile peace.
The parallel justice system established with the 2016 Havana peace accords claims FARC recruited more than 18,600 minors into their rank and file during two decades of conflict.
FARC’s Rodrigo Londoño and AUC’s Salvatore Mancuso met virtually on Wednesday to discuss their roles and responsibilities to the victims of Colombia’s internal conflict.
As part of the War Crimes charges by the transitional court JEP, ex-FARC have handed-over information regarding the remains of at least 55 persons listed as missing.
As mine clearing continues across Colombia, the use of explosive ordnances by ELN and FARC along the Venezuelan border has exacerbated confrontation in the region.
Colombia’s extra-judicial killings and child recruitment are some of the abuses profiled in the most recent country report by the U.S State Department.
During a video conference ex-FARC’s Rodrigo Londoño and former AUC warlord Salvatore Mancuso opened a honest discussion to respond to the victims of war atrocities.
Every night Herbin Hoyos sent messages from loved ones to the kidnapped across the airwaves. The host of “Voices of the Kidnapped” died, age 58, from coronavirus.
In a direct threat against Colombian President Iván Duque, ex-FARC dissident commander Santrich appeared in a video taken in the Venezuelan state of Zulia.
Representatives of Ex-FARC’s Secretariat have accepted responsibility for kidnapping in a historic war crimes accusation by Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP).
The historic indictment against FARC and its decades-old practice of kidnapping could open a path toward reconciliation. Yet for many victims, a formal apology can’t erase the trauma.
In a landmark indictment by JEP, former FARC must either recognize their role in kidnapping for face up to 20-years in prison.
During their recent Assembly FARC’s representatives renamed their party Comunes to break with the past references of conflict as the country faces spiraling violence from dissidents.
FARC’s former top commander “Timochenko” has accepted the group’s responsibility in two attacks against Liberal politician Vargas Lleras.
The leadership of FARC’s political party have confirmed that their ruthless commander “Mono Jojoy” ordered the killing in 1995 of Álvaro Gómez.
One of Colombia’s longest criminal investigations has been partially cleared after ex-FARC senior leaders accepted their role in the 1995 assassination of Álvaro Gómez.