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Six soldiers are killed and five others are injured in a bombing in north-western Antioquia Department, Colombia. The Clan del Golfo is suspected to be behind the attack.
2022-04-20

The armed forces kill twelve people in an operation in the Guaviare Department against a group run by a former FARC leader. Defense Minister Diego Molano Aponte says that there were child soldiers present at the camp but declines to say if they were killed or state their ages.
2021-03-10

As part of an ongoing peace process, the Congress of Colombia approves an amnesty law for thousands of demobilizing FARC rebels. The amnesty does not apply to FARC rebels who have committed war crimes or human rights violations.
2016-12-28

The Congress of Colombia unanimously approves a peace deal between the Government and rebel group FARC to end the Colombian conflict.
2016-11-30

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño, also known as Timochenko, sign a peace accord in Cartagena, ending the longest running armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere. The final agreement will be submitted to popular ratification in a referendum on October 2.
2016-09-26

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest rebel group, gives its approval to a peace deal agreement with the government. President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez, known as Timochenko, will sign the agreement on September 26. To complete the approval process, a referendum will be held on October 2.
2016-09-24

The government of Colombia and FARC finalise a peace deal ending 50 years of conflict.
2016-08-24

The Eastern Bloc of the FARC-EP, a unit of the FARC rebel group, announces its rejection of the recent ceasefire signed by its leader Timoleón Jiménez and the Colombian government of President Juan Manuel Santos, declaring it will not lay down its arms and demobilize and will continue to fight the government.
2016-07-7

The government of Colombia and FARC rebels sign a ceasefire deal, putting an end to 50 years of conflict in the country between the two sides.
2016-06-23

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