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Critics Fault Former Colombian President Uribe

(Nov. 2) -- As Washington channeled billions of dollars to Colombia over the last decade to fight the war on drugs, American officials consistently portrayed President Alvaro Uribe as a crime-fighting hero who greatly improved security in Colombia and salvaged a country ravaged by six decades of bloody internal war. Alan...

Colombian Officials: FARC's No. 2 Leader Killed in Raid

BOGOTA, Colombia (Sept. 23) -- Colombia's military killed the No. 2 leader and top military strategist of the country's main rebel army in blistering bombardments of a major jungle camp, officials announced Thursday, saying rebel informants helped prepare the demoralizing shock to an already weakened insurgency. The death...

Betancourt's Memoir Released Amid Controversy

(Sept. 23) -- The release of a memoir written by Ingrid Betancourt about her six years in captivity in the Colombian jungle is being overshadowed by a lawsuit from her estranged husband, fury from a fellow captive -- and controversy over a multimillion-dollar judgment she demanded from Colombian officials. Betancourt's...

Colombia Military Kills 22 Rebels Near Border

BOGOTA, Colombia (Sept. 19) -- Colombia's defense minister says the military has killed at least 22 rebels in an air raid and ensuing ground assault near the border with Ecuador. Rodrigo Rivera says the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, killed in Sunday's attack belonged to the same unit that...

3 Colombian Teens on Facebook 'Hit List' Killed

(Aug. 24) -- A status update nobody wants to see: Three Colombian teenagers have been killed after their names appeared, along with 97 others, on a multipart "hit list" posted on Facebook, according to multiple international reports. Even more frightening, police don't know who is responsible for the killings and the list...

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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (; FARC-EP or FARC) is a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization based in Colombia, involved in the ongoing Colombian armed conflict.

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