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Ricardo Franco Front
The Ricardo Franco Command, the Ricardo Franco Front or the Commando Ricardo Franco was a Colombian guerrilla group led by José Fedor Rey José Fedor Rey Javier Delgado (1 December 1951 in Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. Th ... a.k.a. Javier Delgado and Hernando Pizarro Leongómez. It began in 1983 when 200 hardliners split from the FARC. Their base of operations was concentrated in southern Cauca in Colombia. It was the most violent guerrilla group in the country. Its most notorious act was when the leaders order the brutal torture and executions of 164 of their own followers under the suspicion of disloyalty. This massacre led other guerrillas to consider the Ricardo Franco Front as an enemy organization. The two leaders of the group were later assassinated by FARC. References * {{cite book , last=Osterling , f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Fedor Rey
José Fedor Rey Javier Delgado (1 December 1951 in Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ... – 30 June 2002 in Palmira, Valle del Cauca) was a Colombian guerrilla, and leader of the Ricardo Franco Front. References 1951 births 2002 deaths People from Cali Colombian guerrillas {{Colombia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernando Pizarro Leongómez
Hernando Pizarro Leongómez (Cartagena de Indias, 1959 - Bogotá, February 25, 1995), known as "Coroncoro," was a Colombian guerrilla fighter. He was the commander of the Ricardo Franco Command, the first dissident group of the FARC-EP. Together with José Fedor Rey, alias ''"Javier Delgado"'' or ''"The Monster of the Andes,"'' he carried out the Tacueyó Massacre in Cauca. According to judicial investigations, 125 people were killed, although press reports from that time recorded 164 victims. Also nown for being the brother of the commander of the 19th of April Movement The 19th of April Movement ( es, Movimiento 19 de Abril), or M-19, was a Colombian guerrilla organisation movement. After its demobilization it became a political party, the M-19 Democratic Alliance (), or AD/M-19. The M-19 traced its ori ... (M-19) Carlos Pizarro Leongómez and uncle of senator María José Pizarro. Gustavo Sastoque was condemned for his assassination, but apparently he was utilized as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FARC
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army ( es, link=no, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de ColombiaEjército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC) is 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 the "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. The operations of the FARC–EP were funded by kidnap and ransom, illegal mining, extortion, and taxation of various forms of economic activity, and the production and distribution of illegal drugs. They are only one actor in a complex conflict where atrocities have been committed by the state, right-wing paramilitaries, and left-wing guerrillas not limited to FARC, such as ELN, M-19, and others. Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cauca Department
Cauca Department (, es, Departamento del Cauca) is a Department of Southwestern Colombia. Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east, and Nariño Department to the south. Putumayo and Caqueta Departments border the southeast portion of Cauca Department as well. It covers a total area of , the 13th largest in Colombia. Its capital is the city of Popayán. The offshore island of Malpelo belongs to the department. It is located in the southwest of the country, mainly in the Andean and Pacific regions (between 0°58′54″N and 3°19′04″N latitude, 75°47′36″W and 77°57′05″W longitude) plus a tiny part (Piamonte) in the Amazonian region. The area includes 2.56% of the country. Administrative Division Cauca department is divided into 42 municipalities, 99 districts, 474 police posts and numerous villages and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
