FARC announces it is abandoning civilian kidnappings for financing

he Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced they will release 10 hostages, four more than they had promised to release in December, while said resignation to the kidnapping of civilians, according to a statement released on Sunday its website . “Much has been said about the retention of people, men or women in the civilian population, for financial purposes we make the FARC in order to support our struggle. (…) Also announce that from the date outlaw the practice of them in our revolutionary action, “said the document. But also, the leaders of the guerrilla group, the largest and oldest in the country with over 47 years old and about 9,000 fighters, announced his resignation to the kidnapping of civilians as a mechanism to finance economic activities. Read Article