Far-left Marxist-Leninist guerrilla group involved in the Colombian conflict, founded in 1964 from peasant self-defense groups. Engaged in kidnappings, extortion, and drug trafficking to fund operations. Demobilized in 2017 after a peace agreement, though some dissident factions remain active.
CRIMENET has extracted 122 linkages for this organization, including 70 cooperative ties across 28 organizations, 28 conflicts across 15 organizations, 24 other connections and footprints in 9 countries.
Sporadic presence in other Latin American countries, predominantly Mexico, Paraguay and Bolivia.
Incursions into Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama, and Ecuador.
On 1 March 2008, Raul Reyes, a member of FARC's ruling Secretariat, was killed just across the border from Colombia, in the small village of Santa Rosa, Ecuador, after Colombian planes bombarded a FARC camp there.
The FARC built a deep relationship with the Gaddafi government in Libya, throughout the 1990s and 2000s until the latter's overthrow in 2011.
Sporadic presence in other Latin American countries, predominantly Mexico, Paraguay and Bolivia.
Incursions into Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama, and Ecuador.
Sporadic presence in other Latin American countries, predominantly Mexico, Paraguay and Bolivia.
On 15 July 2018, the Colombian and Peruvian governments launched a joint military effort known as Operation Armageddon to combat FARC dissidents.
Duque also accused Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro of assisting FARC and providing a safe haven for militants in Venezuela.