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The Biden administration announces the delisting of the former FARC rebel group from the United States Department of State list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations where it had been listed since 1997.
2021-11-23

Rebel forces confirm that former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia leader Jesús Santrich has been killed in a cross-border operation in Zulia, Venezuela, by the National Army of Colombia. Five others were also killed in the operation on May 17. Santrich's rebel group says that the troops also cut off his little finger before withdrawing back across the border. Santrich was wanted by the United States on charges of drug trafficking.
2021-05-19

The Government of Ecuador says that the three Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped by rebel members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on 26 March have been murdered. President Lenín Moreno orders military operations on the Colombian border to catch the murderers, offering a reward of US$100,000.
2018-04-13

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the European Union unanimously vote to remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from its list of designated terrorist groups.
2017-11-13

Colombia's president Juan Manuel Santos announces that he has prostate cancer and will undergo surgery on Wednesday. He said his condition is unlikely to derail the upcoming peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
2012-10-1

Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC announces that it has abandoned kidnapping and will soon release its last remaining captives.
2012-02-26

The FARC organisation releases the first of five hostages promised this week as a gesture of peace to the government in Colombia.
2011-02-10

Colombia claims it has killed a senior Farc rebel leader and 25 others.
2010-09-20

The National Army of Colombia says an unknown number of informants who aided the rescue of three police officers and a soldier from FARC on Sunday will receive a $1.2 million reward between them.
2010-06-16

FARC releases into the jungle a soldier it kidnapped just under a year ago.
2010-03-29