The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army is a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization based in Colombia which is involved in the ongoing Colombian armed conflict, currently involved in drug dealing and crimes against the civilians..FARC-EP is a peasant army which...

 (FARC) is a self-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist

Marxism-Leninism

Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology, officially based upon the theories of Marxism and Vladimir Lenin, that promotes the development and creation of a international communist society through the leadership of a vanguard party over a revolutionary socialist state that represents a dictatorship...

 revolutionary

Revolutionary

A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.-Definition:...

 guerrilla organization, listed internationally as a terrorist group by a number of countries. Current estimates claim that the FARC presently have over 700 hostages, most of whom are held for ransom

Ransom

Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.In an early German law, a similar concept was called bad influence...

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The following list of hostages are what the FARC call "canjeables" (exchangeable), as they only offer their freedom in return for the liberty of 500 FARC members held in Colombian prisons through a prisoner exchange

Prisoner exchange

A prisoner exchange or prisoner swap is a deal between opposing sides in a conflict to release prisoners. These may be prisoners of war, spies, hostages, etc...

. Information about the possibility of this exchange can be found at the humanitarian exchange

Humanitarian exchange

The Humanitarian Exchange or Humanitarian Accord refers to the possible accord to exchange hostages for prisoners between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla group and the Government of Colombia....

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Current hostages

Name	Capture		Position Held Prior to Capture
	Date	Place
Luis Arturo Garcia	1998-03-03	El Villar, Caquetá Department of Caquetá Caquetá Department is a department of Colombia. Located in the Amazonas region, Caquetá borders with the departments of Cauca and Huila to the west, the department of Meta to the north, the department of Guaviare to the northeast, the department of Vaupés to the east, the departments of Amazonas...	Corporal First Class
Luis Alfonso Beltrán Franco
Luis Alfredo Moreno Chagueza	1998-08-03	Miraflores Miraflores Miraflores is the name of several places in Spanish-speaking countries. It is also the name of a battle fought in Peru in 1881. It means "to watch flowers" or "flower's view" from mira and flores .-Places:Europe... , Guaviare Guaviare Guaviare may refer to:* Guaviare Department of Colombia* Guaviare River...	Corporal First Class
Róbinson Salcedo Guarín
César Augusto Lasso Monsalve	1998-11-01	Mitú Mitú Mitú is the capital city of the department of Vaupés in Colombia. The town of Mitu is the most remote Capital of Department in Colombia.In November, 1998 an estimated 1,900 FARC guerrilla members of the Eastern Bloc of the FARC-EP tried to take over the town by force, against 120 National Police... , Vaupés	Staff Sergeant
Jorge Trujillo Solarte	1999-07-10	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, Meta Puerto Rico is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.... , Meta Meta Department Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio...	Sub-Intendant
José Libardo Forero Carrero			Corporal First Class
Wilson Rojas Medina			Sub-Intendant
Carlos José Duarte Rojas			Sub-Intendant
Jorge Humberto Romero			Sub-Intendant

Former hostages

Name	Capture			Free
	Date	Place	Position	Date	Reason
Pedro José Guarnizo Ovalle	1997-06-29	Urabá Urabá Antioquia Urabá Antioquia is a subregion in the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region is made up by 24 municipalities. Most of this region northern portion is part of the Colombian Caribbean Region bordering the Caribbean sea.-Municipalities:* Apartadó... , Antioquia	Vice First Sergeant	2003-05-05	Rescued
Pablo Emilio Moncayo Cabrera	1997-12-21	Patascoy, Nariño Nariño Department Nariño is a department of Colombia named after Antonio Nariño. It is in the west of the country, bordering Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean.Its capital is Pasto, other important cities include Tumaco, Ipiales.-Municipalities:# Albán# Aldana# Ancuya...	Corporal Second Class	2010-03-30	Released
Libio Jose Martinez Estrada				2011-11-26	Killed
Francisco Manuel Negrete Mendoza	1998-03-08	Pavarandó, Antioquia	Corporal First Class	2003-05-05	Killed
Mario Alberto Marín Franco
José Ricardo Marulanda Valencia	1998-03-03	El Villar, Caquetá	Staff Sergeant	2008-07-02	Rescued
William Humberto Pérez Medina			Corporal Second Class
José Miguel Arteaga			Corporal First Class
Wagner Harvey Tapias Torres	1998-05-28	Urrao Urrao Urrao is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia.... , Antioquia Antioquia Department Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...	Lieutenant	2003-05-05	Killed
Samuel Ernesto Cote	1998-06-11	Urrao, Antioquia	Corporal First Class	2003-05-05	Killed
Armando Flórez Pantoja	1998-08-03	Miraflores, Guaviare	Corporal First Class	2008-07-02	Rescued
Juan Carlos Bermeo Covaleda			Lieutenant
Erasmo Romero Rodríguez			Staff Sergeant
Julio Cesar Buitrago Cuesta			Corporal First Class
Jhon Jairo Durán Tuay			Corporal First Class
Arbey Delgado Argote			Staff Sergeant	2010-06-13	Rescued
William Donato Gomez			Lieutenant	2010-06-14	Rescued
Raimundo Castellanos Malagón	1998-08-04	La Uribe La Uribe La Uribe is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.... , Meta Meta Department Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio...	Lieutenant	2008-07-02	Rescued
Héctor Lucuara Duván Segura	1998-08-14	Tamborales, Chocó Chocó Department Chocó is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It also has all of Colombia's border with Panama. Its capital is...	Vice First Sergeant	2003-05-05	Killed
Jairsinio Navarrete Sánchez			Corporal First Class	2003-05-05	Killed
Edgar Yesid Duarte Valero	1998-10-14	El Paujil El Paujil El Paujil is a town and municipality in Caquetá Department, Colombia.... , Caquetá	Captain	2011-11-26	Killed
Elkin Hernández Rivas			Lieutenant
Luis Hernando Peña Bonilla	1998-11-01	Mitú, Vaupés	Sub-Intendant	2003	Killed http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/04/colombia.usa?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
Julián Ernesto Guevara Castro			Captain	2006-01-28	Died in captivity
Jhon Frank Pinchao Blanco Jhon Frank Pinchao Jhon Frank Pinchao Blanco is a Colombian policeman with the rank of sub-intendant who was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla group after Farc's attack on the town of Mitú, Vaupés Department on November 1, 1998...			Sub-Intendant	2007-05-16	Escaped
Vianey Javier Rodríguez Porras			Lieutenant	2008-07-02	Rescued
Luis Herlindo Mendieta Ovalle			Colonel	2010-06-13	Rescued
Enrique Murillo Sanchez			Captain
Heriberto Aranguren González	1999-07-22	Aguas Prietas, Córdoba Córdoba Department Córdoba is a Department of the Republic of Colombia located to the north of this country in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Córdoba faces to the north with the Caribbean sea, to the northeast with the Sucre Department, east with the Bolívar Department and south with the Antioquia Department...	Corporal	2003-05-05	Rescued
Armando Castellanos Gaona	1999-11-16	La Arada, Tolima	Sub-Intendant	2008-07-02	Rescued
Álvaro Jose Moreno	1999-12-09	Curillo, Caquetá	Intendant	2011-11-26	Killed
Luis Alberto Erazo Maya			Sergeant		Rescued
Alejandro Ledesma Ortiz	1999-12-12	Juradó Juradó Juradó is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.... , Chocó Chocó Department Chocó is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country, and is the only Colombian department to have coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It also has all of Colombia's border with Panama. Its capital is...	Lieutenant	2003-05-05	Killed
José Gregorio Peña Guarín			Corporal Second Class
Antenor Biella Hernández			Sub-officer		Rescued
Oscar Tulio Lizcano Oscar Tulio Lizcano Óscar Tulio Lizcano is a Colombian conservative politician and a member of the Colombia Conservative Party who was a congressman for the Department of Caldas . On August 5, 2000, while serving as congressman, Lizcano was kidnapped in Riosucio, Caldas, by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...	2000-08-05	Riosucio Riosucio, Caldas Riosucio is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas.Every two years the people of Riosucio celebrate a Carnaval which is a cultural celebration where the Devil in figure takes over the town and they have comparsas, dances, and all kind of events.... , Caldas Caldas Department Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km²...	Representative	2008-10-26	Escaped
Fernando Araújo Perdomo Fernando Araújo Perdomo Fernando Araújo Perdomo is a Colombian politician. He was the Minister of Development during the administration of Andrés Pastrana. He resigned from this post after the Chambacú land deal scandal. He was later kidnapped by the FARC-EP guerrillas and held for six years until he eventually escaped...	2000-12-04	Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department... , Bolívar Bolívar Department Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending from the coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia.Its...	Minister	2007-01-05	Escaped
Luis Eladio Pérez Bonilla	2001-06-10	Ipiales, Nariño Nariño Department Nariño is a department of Colombia named after Antonio Nariño. It is in the west of the country, bordering Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean.Its capital is Pasto, other important cities include Tumaco, Ipiales.-Municipalities:# Albán# Aldana# Ancuya...	Senator	2008-02-27	Released
Gloria Polanco de Lozada Gloria Polanco Gloria Polanco is a Colombian woman and former First Lady of the Huila Department as wife of then Governor of Huila Jaime Lozada Perdomo. She rose to prominence after being kidnapped by the FARC-EP along with two of her sons and other members of her building...	2001-06-26	Neiva, Huila Huila Department Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.-Geography:The south of the department is located in the Colombian Massif...	Representative	2008-02-27	Released
Alan Edmundo Jara Urzola Alan Jara Alan Edmundo Jara Urzola is a Colombian civil engineer, and former Governor of the Department of Meta. He was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on July 15, 2001, and remained in captivity until he was released on February 3, 2009.-References:...	2001-07-15	Lejanías Lejanías Lejanías is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.... , Meta Meta Department Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio...	Ex-Governor of Meta	2009-02-03	Released
Orlando Beltrán Cuellar	2001-08-28	Gigante Gigante, Huila Gigante is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia.... , Huila	Representative	2008-02-27	Released
Consuelo González de Perdomo	2001-09-10	Highway in Huila Huila Department Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.-Geography:The south of the department is located in the Colombian Massif...	Representative	2008-01-10	Released
Jorge Eduardo Géchem Turbay	2002-02-20	Flight towards Hobo Hobo, Huila Hobo is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia.... , Huila	Senator	2008-02-27	Released
Clara Leticia Rojas González Clara Rojas Clara Leticia Rojas González is a Colombian tax lawyer, university lecturer, and campaign manager for former senator and presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. She was kidnapped along with Betancourt by the FARC guerrilla group near San Vicente del Caguán on February 23, 2002, while Betancourt...	2002-02-23	Montañitas La Montañita La Montañita is a town and municipality in Caquetá Department, Colombia.... , Caquetá	Vice-Presidential Candidate	2008-01-10	Released
Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio Íngrid Betancourt Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio is a Colombian politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist.Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on 23 February 2002 and was rescued by Colombian security forces six and a half years later on 2 July 2008...			Presidential Candidate	2008-07-02	Rescued
Francisco Javier Giraldo Cadavid	2002-04-11	Cali Santiago de Cali Santiago de Cali , simply referred to as Cali, is a city in western Colombia and the capital of the Valle del Cauca Department. With a population of 2.5 million, Cali is the third largest city in the country. It has one of the fastest growing economies and infrastructure in the country because... , Valle del Cauca Valle del Cauca Department Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...	Valle del Cauca Deputy Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis The Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis refers to the kidnapping of 12 Deputies of the Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia, on April 12, 2002 by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to pressure a prisoner exhange between them and the government and to negotiate the...	2007-06-18	Killed
Juan Carlos Narváez Reyes
Carlos Alberto Barragán López
Carlos Alberto Charry Quiroga
Jairo Javier Hoyos Salcedo
Edinson Pérez Núñez
Nacianceno Orozco Grisales
Rufino Varela
Alberto Quintero Herrera
Héctor Fabio Arizmendi Ospina
Ramiro Echeverri Sánchez
Sigifredo López Tobón	2002-04-11	Cali, Valle del Cauca	Valle del Cauca Deputy	2009-02-05	Released
Guillermo Gaviria Correa Guillermo Gaviria Correa Guillermo Gaviria Correa was the state governor of Antioquia, a province of over 6 million people in northwestern Colombia. Kidnapped by FARC guerrillas during a march against violence, he was held captive for a year in the mountains and was among ten fellow hostages killed by the FARC in response...	2002-04-21	Caicedo Caicedo Caicedo is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia.... , Antioquia	Governor of Antioquia	2003-05-05	Killed
Gilberto Echeverri Mejía			Ex-Minister
Keith Donald Stansell Keith Stansell Keith Donald Stansell is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and was held hostage from February 13, 2003 to July 2, 2008...	2003-02-13	Caquetá Department	US American Contractor	2008-07-02	Rescued
Thomas Randolph Howes Thomas Howes Thomas Randolph "Tom" Howes is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and was held hostage from February 13, 2003 to July 2, 2008. He was rescued in Operation Jaque, along with the two other American contractors, Ingrid Betancourt, and...
Marc David Gonsalves Marc Gonsalves Marc David Gonsalves is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and was held hostage from February 13, 2003 to July 2, 2008. He was rescued in Operation Jaque, along with the two other American contractors, Ingrid Betancourt, and eleven...
Emmanuel Rojas Operation Emmanuel Operation Emmanuel was a humanitarian operation that rescued politician Clara Rojas, her son Emmanuel , and former senator Consuelo González from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Colombia. The operation was proposed and set up by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, with the permission...	Born 2004-04-16		Born in captivity	June 2005 (sent to Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... ). December 2007 (Found).	Found in foster care in Bogotá
William Giovanni Domínguez Castro	2007-01-20	Florencia Florencia, Caquetá Florencia is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia. It is the most important city in southeast Colombia because of its population as well as its more than a hundred years of history.... , Caquetá	Professional Soldier	2009-02-01	Released
Guillermo Javier Solórzano Julio	2007-06-04	Florida Florida, Valle del Cauca Florida is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.Its first inhabitants: indigenous peoples, mestizos, afro-Latinos and mulattos, established a new and vibrant home to a mix of the many cultures existent in the South-Eastern region of Valle del Cauca... , Valle del Cauca	Captain	2011-02-16	Released
Alexis Torres Zapata	2007-06-09	El Paujil El Paujil El Paujil is a town and municipality in Caquetá Department, Colombia.... , Caquetá	Police Officer	2009-02-01	Released
José Walter Lozano Guarnizo
Juan Fernando Galicio Uribe
Salin Antonio San Miguel Valderrama	2008-05-23	El Tambo El Tambo, Cauca El Tambo is a municipality of Cauca Department, Colombia, located about 33 kilometres west of the departmental capital Popayán in the Andes mountain range. Within its territories is located the Munchique National Park. El Tambo is the main producer of peach palm or chontaduro in the region.... , Tolima Tolima Tolima may refer to:* Nevado del Tolima, a volcano in Colombia* Tolima Department of Colombia* Deportes Tolima, a football team in the First Division...	Corporal Second Class	2011-02-16	Released
Francisco Aldemar Franco Zamora	2009-03-22	Miraflores, Guaviare Miraflores, Guaviare Miraflores is a town and municipality in the Guaviare Department, Colombia. The municipality was created on February 8, 1990. On August 1998 a Colombian National Police Base was overran by the FARC guerrillas and later rebuilt and reoccupied on February 2004...	Staff Sergeant	May 2009	Killed
Josue Daniel Calvo Sanchez	2009-04-20	El Encanto El Encanto El Encanto is a town and municipality in the Amazonas Department, Colombia. It is located in the mouth of the Caraparaná River, tributary of the Putumayo River .... , Meta Meta Department Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a grassland plain known as the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio...	Professional Soldier	2010-03-28	Released
Luis Francisco Cuellar Carvajal Luis Francisco Cuéllar Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal was a Colombian politician, serving as Mayor of Morelia, Governor of the Caquetá Department from 2008 to 2009, and Deputy Governor of Caqueta from 2000 to 2003...	2009-12-21	Florencia Florencia, Caquetá Florencia is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia. It is the most important city in southeast Colombia because of its population as well as its more than a hundred years of history.... , Caquetá	Governor of Caqueta Department	2009-12-22	Killed
Henry Lopez Martinez	2010-05-23	Solano, Caqueta	Marine	2011-02-11	Released