A look at Colombia's long civil war
An historic deal between Colombia's government and the largest rebel group ends a half-century of hostilities in one of the world’s longest-running and bloodiest armed conflicts.
Colombian policemen and peasants look at a truck burned by leftist FARC rebels April 10, 2003.Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Colombian soldiers carry a guerrilla injured in combat during an attack in Guayabetal Meta province January 15, 2000.Reuters
Leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) patrol near San Vicente de Caguan January 9, 1999.Jose Gomez/Reuters
Colombian army sergeant Rodrigo Garcia cries after locals forced him from his military post July 17, 2012 following harassment from FARC guerrillas.Luis Robayo/AFP / Getty Images
Two civilians are ordered by (FARC) guerrillas to search a Colombian policeman for weapons during an attack in Tolima province November, 1999.Reuters
A police officer patrols in Lleras, a rebel-controlled slum neighborhood in Buenaventura, Colombia May 18, 2007.Scott Dalton/The New York Times
A Colombian soldier is lifted into a Black Hawk helicopter during an operation in Puerto Siare, August, 2001.Jose Gomez
A police officer sits in the ruins of a bombed police station in Cauca province, December 7, 2013.Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters
Ingrid Betancourt, a Colombian presidential candidate, was kidnapped by leftist rebels in 2002.
Friends of Andres Felipe Perez look at his coffin during his funeral in Buga's police headquarters, December, 2001.Daniel Munoz/Reuters
Janeth Moreno holds a photo of his kidnapped brother, police officer Luis Alfredo Moreno, in Bogota's main cathedral, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003.Javier Galeno/The Associated Press
A woman mourns her brother, one of 24 banana workers massacred by leftist rebels, September 20, 1995, in the town of Apartado.Fernando Llano/The Associated Press