FARC

A group of men and women, some holding arms stand around a man reading from a document.

Former FARC leaders announce new armed offensive in Colombia

A group of former rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced it will launch a new armed offensive.

Former FARC leaders announce new armed offensive in Colombia
A farmer cleans a coca crop in Cauca, Colombia, on Jan. 27, 2017.

UN reaches a deal to help rid Colombia of cocaine

UN reaches a deal to help rid Colombia of cocaine
A member of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) poses for a picture at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, Aug. 16, 2016.

Colombia's FARC rebels begin disarming

Colombia's FARC rebels begin disarming
A woman cries during a meeting between FARC guerrilla leaders and victims of the La Chinita massacre

Schools help Colombians remember what it means to forgive

Schools help Colombians remember what it means to forgive
FARC rebels pose with an unidentified girl holding a weapon in southern Colombia in this undated photo confiscated by the Colombian police and released to the media on November 12, 2009. Police said that the photo was found on the body of a rebel FARC kil

She misses being a guerrilla, but this former FARC fighter is starting a new life back home

She misses being a guerrilla, but this former FARC fighter is starting a new life back home
A Colombian police officer sits in the ruins of a police station destroyed by a deadly bomb attack in the municipality of Inza in Cauca province in December 2013, which was blamed on the FARC.

This FARC victim in the US voted against Colombia’s peace deal

Milton Sanchez fled Colombia due to the armed conflict. Years later, he’s voting against the peace agreement. Here’s why.

This FARC victim in the US voted against Colombia’s peace deal
Colombians gather in Bogota’s Bolivar Square, to mark the signing of a historic peace deal with the FARC rebels.

Families are divided over Colombia's peace vote

Colombians vote this weekend on whether to approve a deal that would end 52 years of guerrilla war. The referendum is diving families, like that of reporter Luis Gallo.

Families are divided over Colombia's peace vote
Fighters from Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),stand in line during the opening of ceremony congress at the camp where they prepare for ratifying a peace deal with the government, near El Diamante in Yari Plains, Colombia, September 17, 2016.

Colombian government and FARC leaders sign a historic peace deal

The peace accord will end a half-century-long civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people.

Colombian government and FARC leaders sign a historic peace deal
Cuba's President Raul Castro oversees a handshake between Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (left) and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono (right), better known by the nom de guerre Timochenko.

Bitter foes strike a deal for peace in Colombia

Behind the breakthrough in talks between FARC rebels and Colombia's government is a deal not to send former combatants to jail.

Bitter foes strike a deal for peace in Colombia
Police examine a bombed-out office in Bogota's financial district

Two bombings in Bogota draw attention to renewed violence in Colombia

It looked like Colombia was getting more peaceful — but in recent months, that's changed.

Two bombings in Bogota draw attention to renewed violence in Colombia
Laura Ulloa stands in her yard at her family home in Cali, Colombia. Behind her are the Cordillera Mountains, where she was held hostage for seven months

Once held hostage, she's now trying to help her former captors

Kidnapped by the FARC as a child, Laura Ulloa went to work helping ex-rebels as an adult.

Once held hostage, she's now trying to help her former captors
General Ruben Dario Alzate was kidnapped by FARC in a village close to the provincial capital of Quibdó in northwestern Colombia.

A Colombian general's bizarre behavior may have derailed his country's fragile peace talks

Gen. Ruben Dario Alzate was kidnapped by FARC, a Colombian guerilla group, after an unexplained, unarmed visit to a rural village. No one knows why he made the ill-informed decision, but the abduction may have ended efforts by FARC and the government to end their 50-year-old war.

A Colombian general's bizarre behavior may have derailed his country's fragile peace talks