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Colombia’s EMC Holds ‘Total Peace’ Hostage in Cauca
11 Feb 2026 22:27 GMT
“Send a helicopter! They’re going to kill us! They’re going to kill us! For God’s sake, there are injured people here! Do you want them to kill us or what? Send support!”
That was the desperate call of a police officer trapped by countless explosions …
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Colombia’s JEP Ends FARC Kidnapping Probe, Moves to Sentencing Phase
11 Feb 2026 14:30 GMT
… and sanctions.
This case encompasses hostages, grave deprivations of liberty, sexual … against humanity. Such acts funded FARC, terrorized civilians, secured territory, … comprehensive judicial record on FARC kidnapping operations.
The FARC guerrilla, born in …
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Colombian FARC leaders ordered to make reparations for over 21,000 kidnappings
17 Sep 2025 01:26 GMT
… the defunct Colombian guerrilla army FARC responsible for the kidnappings of … deal.
But one prominent former FARC hostage, French-Colombian former presidential candidate … of being "biased towards FARC."
Soldiers, police officers, businesspeople …
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Colombia’s JEP Sentences Ex-FARC for Mass Kidnappings
16 Sep 2025 20:07 GMT
… Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), finding seven senior commanders … by the FARC between 1993 and 2012. Hostages were held … that the FARC leadership monitored the number of hostages, issued … crimes against humanity, including hostage-taking, torture, cruel and …
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Colombia’s war crimes tribunal sentences former FARC chiefs to 8 years of restorative labor
16 Sep 2025 21:59 GMT
… former commanders of guerrilla group FARC to eight years of … resulted in “the taking of hostages, homicides as well as … victims revealed that the FARC leadership used kidnappings as … execution and implementation of the [FARC’s] kidnapping policy throughout …
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Landmark ruling convicts seven FARC ex-leaders of wartime crimes
16 Sep 2025 19:39 GMT
… of the demobilised Colombian FARC rebels have been convicted … of the war crimes of hostage-taking and murder,” the … statement.
The seven sanctioned FARC leaders are Rodrigo Londono Echeverri … added Dickinson.
While most FARC fighters were granted amnesty as …
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Colombian government confirms 34 soldiers kidnapped after clashes with FARC dissidents
26 Aug 2025 19:33 GMT
… 34 soldiers have been held hostage for two days in the … clashes with one of the FARC dissident structures led by Iván … amid fighting between the dissident FARC faction led by Iván Mordisco …
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Colombian guerrillas free civilians held hostage for a week
26 Jul 2025 16:36 GMT
… a humanitarian mission, were taken hostage in the conflict-ridden Cauca … a dissident faction of the FARC guerrilla army that demobilized in … worst wave of violence since FARC laid down arms. Talks have …
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Colombian Army frees 57 soldiers held hostage by locals in rebel-linked region
25 Jun 2025 12:15 GMT
The Colombian military has freed 57 soldiers who had been held captive by local residents in the southern Cauca region since the weekend.
Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday,said the operation, dubbed Operation Justice, was carried out …
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Ecuador confirms death of journalists kidnapped by FARC dissidents
29 Apr 2025 22:52 GMT
… driver who were kidnapped by FARC dissidents in March and feared … deal in exchange for the hostages.
Colombia’s government had refused … .”
The guerrilla group said the hostages were killed during a military …