Sources: BBC
After two FARC leaders go into hiding from drug trafficking charges in Colombia and the United States, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro makes a public statement saying they are welcome to take refuge in his country. He also welcomes other FARC rebels to Venezuela, calling them "leaders of peace". 2019-07-29
According to the United Nations, as many as 96 families have been displaced by criminal gangs who are filling the vacuum left by FARC rebels in Colombia after the latter signed a peace deal with the government last year. 2017-02-18
The Colombian government and FARC rebels sign a new peace deal after the failure of the original one. 2016-11-24
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a meeting with leaders of FARC in a sign of encouragement in ending Colombia's half-century old conflict. 2016-03-22
17 government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca. 2013-07-20
In Colombia, FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire. 2013-01-22
FARC rebels kill 12 Colombian soldiers and wound four more in an ambush near the Colombian border with Venezuela. 2012-05-21
Russian businessman Victor Bout is sentenced to 25 years in prison for smuggling weapons to the Colombian FARC guerilla movement. 2012-04-5
The International Red Cross states that the Colombian FARC rebel group has released its fourth captive over the past few days but failed to release two others. [http:--www.startribune.com-world-116122189.html (AP via "Minneapolis Star-Tribune")]date=August 2019 2011-02-13
Colombia takes Venezuela to the Organisation of American States over claims that the latter tolerates training camps for left-wing guerrillas, particularly FARC and ELN within its borders. 2010-07-18