57 Colombian Guerrillas Caught Last Week

The Colombian army is reporting that it caught 57 FARC guerrillas throughout the country in the past week. Some of those captured were killed, according to Columbia Reports, a regional English news service.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) was established in 1964 as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party, according to GlobalSecurity.org. The FARC is Colombia’s largest, best-equipped, oldest, and most capable Marxist insurgency. It includes about 9,000 to 12,000 armed combatants, as well as several thousand more supporters.

Most of them are in rural areas, with a few urban fronts. During the Easter holiday week, the Colombian Army reports that it took down about 115 criminals and terrorists, 57 of which were FARC operatives. The leader of FARC's 24th Front, "Rubiel Colorado," was killed in combat action during the operations.

The Colombian army is also reporting that it seized a cache of weapons that includes assault rifles, handguns, grenade launchers, explosives, and other weapons during the same period.