Archive · 16 Sep 2025
FARC Leaders Sentenced for Kidnapping in Colombia
In Colombia, a special court sentenced seven former FARC leaders.
These leaders were part of a rebel group.
The court was created after a peace agreement.
The leaders were found guilty of kidnapping people to get money.
They have to work for eight years to make up for their actions, like building roads.
This is the first time the court has given out individual punishments.
The court is trying leaders from both the FARC and the military for war crimes.
Seven former FARC leaders sentenced to reparations work for kidnappings.
The sentences are the first individual punishments from the JEP.
Sentences stem from the defendants' roles in kidnappings for ransom.
The JEP was created under the 2016 peace deal in Colombia.
Victims participated in the case and can benefit from reparations work.
- Who
- Seven former FARC leaders
- What
- Sentenced to eight years of reparations work
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- Colombia
- Why
- For their role in kidnappings for ransom, as part of a 2016 peace deal
- Court
- Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP)
- Defendants
- Seven former FARC leaders
- Sentence
- Eight years reparations work
- Charges
- Kidnappings for ransom
- Peace Deal
- 2016 agreement