Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group and insurgent organization that waged a decades-long armed conflict against the Colombian state before demobilizing under a 2016 peace agreement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former terrorist organization
guerrilla organization
armedWing FARC-EP
conflict Colombian armed conflict
Colombian conflict (1960s–present)
country Colombia
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy Canada
Colombia
European Union
United States
endTime 2017
enteredInto peace negotiations with the Government of Colombia
financedBy extortion of businesses
kidnapping for ransom
narcotics trade
foundedBy Jacobo Arenas
Manuel Marulanda
goal agrarian reform in Colombia
overthrow of the Colombian state
socialist revolution in Colombia
hasPart FARC-EP Secretariat
headquartersLocation rural Colombia
ideology Bolivarianism
Guevarism
Marxism–Leninism
involvedIn drug trafficking
language Spanish
nativeLabel Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
notableEvent demobilization and disarmament process 2016–2017
notableLeader Alfonso Cano
Manuel Marulanda
Raúl Reyes
Timoleón Jiménez
operatingArea Colombian jungles
Colombian mountains
Colombian rural areas
opposedTo Colombian security forces
Government of Colombia
partOf Latin American revolutionary movements
peaceAgreementDate 2016
peakStrength around 20,000 fighters
politicalPosition far-left
resultedIn demobilization of FARC combatants
disarmament under UN supervision
shortName FARC
signed 2016 Colombian peace agreement
startTime 1964
successorOrganization Common Alternative Revolutionary Force
transformedInto Common Alternative Revolutionary Force
usedTactic bombing
extortion
guerrilla warfare
hostage-taking
kidnapping

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Hugo Carvajal notableAllegedConnection Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Colombian armed conflict hasParticipant Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP)
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Ingrid Betancourt kidnappedBy Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Ingrid Betancourt kidnappedBy FARC
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia hasPart FARC-EP Secretariat
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia armedWing FARC-EP
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia nativeLabel Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia shortName FARC
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Plan Colombia opposedBy Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Havana peace talks participant FARC-EP
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Havana peace talks participant FARC Secretariat
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)