Terrorist groups - home based:
National Liberation Army (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional, ELN):
aim(s): Marxist-Leninist group that seeks to defend Colombians whom they believed to be victims of social, political, and economic injustices perpetrated by the Colombian government
area(s) of operation: the nation's largest remaining insurgent group operates mainly in the rural and mountainous areas of northern, northeastern, and southwestern Colombia as well as border regions with Venezuela
note: the group has a long history of engaging in narcotics production and trafficking, extortion of foreign and local companies, and kidnappings for ransom to fund operations; historically focused on attacking economic infrastructure, in particular oil and gas pipelines and electricity pylons (2019)
aim(s): Marxist-Leninist group that seeks to defend Colombians whom they believed to be victims of social, political, and economic injustices perpetrated by the Colombian government
area(s) of operation: the nation's largest remaining insurgent group operates mainly in the rural and mountainous areas of northern, northeastern, and southwestern Colombia as well as border regions with Venezuela
note: the group has a long history of engaging in narcotics production and trafficking, extortion of foreign and local companies, and kidnappings for ransom to fund operations; historically focused on attacking economic infrastructure, in particular oil and gas pipelines and electricity pylons (2019)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC):
aim(s): signed a peace accord with the Colombian Government in 2016 (approved by the Colombian Congress on 30 November 2016) and entered the political arena in September 2017 as the People's Alternative Revolutionary Force (also known as FARC) in order to change Colombia's economic model, push an agenda focused on social justice and development of rural areas; historically, the FARC's aim has been to install a Marxist-Leninist regime in Colombia through a violent revolution
area(s) of operation: NA (2018)
aim(s): signed a peace accord with the Colombian Government in 2016 (approved by the Colombian Congress on 30 November 2016) and entered the political arena in September 2017 as the People's Alternative Revolutionary Force (also known as FARC) in order to change Colombia's economic model, push an agenda focused on social justice and development of rural areas; historically, the FARC's aim has been to install a Marxist-Leninist regime in Colombia through a violent revolution
area(s) of operation: NA (2018)
Source: CIA World Factbook - This page was last updated on Friday, November 27, 2020
