Dozens of soldiers seized in Colombian mountains
The military says the civilians were acting under pressure from dissidents of the Farc rebel group.
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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Colombian guerrilla movement
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army was a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964. The FARC-EP was officially founded in 1966 from peasant self-defense groups formed from 1948 during La Violencia as a peasant force promoting a political line of agrarianism and anti-imperialism. They are known to employ a variety of military tactics, in addition to more unconventional methods, including terrorism.
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Dozens of soldiers seized by locals in Colombian mountains
The military says the civilians were acting under pressure from dissidents of the Farc rebel group.
BBC News