US EditionColombia peace court sentences former FARC leaders for their role in thousands of kidnappings
Seven former FARC leaders must complete reparations projects and face electronic monitoring for policies causing 21,000 kidnappings during Colombia's conflict, tribunal ordered.
- On September 16, 2025, Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace court sentenced seven former FARC commanders in Bogota to a period of eight years during which they must engage in reparative activities for their involvement in orchestrating thousands of kidnappings.
- The sentencing was carried out under the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, a court established through the 2016 agreement between Colombia’s government and the FARC to address war crimes from the country’s prolonged conflict.
- The leaders were found guilty of enacting measures that resulted in the abduction of 21,000 individuals to fund their activities and will now be required to participate in initiatives such as locating the remains of missing persons and clearing landmines.
- Lead judge Camilo Suárez said the sentence does not erase victims' suffering but recognizes that their experiences were unjustifiable and inhumane.
- The ruling represents the first such punishment by the tribunal and seeks to aid Colombia's healing, while harsher sentences may be applied to those rejecting charges or involved in other crimes.
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For the first time, the main leaders of the FARC were sentenced by the Special Justice for Peace (JEP), a transitional justice mechanism, to alternative prison sentences for nearly 22,000 abductions committed during the half-century of the armed conflict in Colombia.
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Felix VictorinoSeven members of the FARC’s last command, including its chief, Rodrigo Londoño, were sentenced on Tuesday by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to eight-year alternative penalties of “effective restriction of their rights” as “maximum responsible for the criminal kidnapping policy” of that guerrilla during the Colombian armed conflict. “This decision implies that the seven members of the last FARC secretariat...
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