The image is striking. With machete in hand, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, better known by his wartime alias Timochenko, is clearing vegetation and debris among the graves at the San Antonio de Padua cemetery in Pitalito, Huila. The former top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is there not as a guerrilla leader, […]
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With FARC’s Political Party Over, Colombia’s Peace Accord Faces Deadline
Nine years after Colombia signed its historic peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), one of the central political promises of the Final Accord has run out of road. Comunes, the party formed by the last FARC Secretariat and guerrilla warlords, has lost its legal status after failing to secure sufficient support […]
Colombia’s JEP indicts ex-FARC commanders on War Crimes and Child Recruitment
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has indicted six former FARC commanders on war crimes charges, including child recruitment and severe abuses committed against minors during the internal conflict.
“Timochenko” takes responsibility for assassination attempts against Vargas Lleras
FARC’s former top commander “Timochenko” has accepted the group’s responsibility in two attacks against Liberal politician Vargas Lleras.
FARC’s Timochenko thanks Colombia’s Police and Army for saving his life
FARC’s political leader and former top commander “Timochenko” thanked Colombian security forces for thwarting an assassination attempt during the weekend.
FARC’s Timochenko to Álvaro Uribe: ‘With peace we all win’
Former President Alvaro Uribe hasn’t definitely said ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to an invitation to dialogue with FARC commander alias ‘Timochenko.’