COLOMBIA/(01 of81)
Open Image ModalFARC rebels pose with an unidentified girl holding a weapon in southern Colombia in this undated photo confiscated by the Colombian police and released to the media on November 12, 2009. Police said that the photo was found on the body of a rebel killed in a combat against them on October 25, 2008. REUTERS/National Police/Handout (COLOMBIA MILITARY CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (credit:Ho New / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-ELECTION/REBELS(02 of81)
Open Image ModalATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY\n\nResidents stand near the remains of a police car, damaged after a landmine explosion, near Tibu, Norte de Santander province June 20, 2010. The Defense Ministry said seven police died in the landmine explosion and it blamed National Liberation Army rebels, while the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) killed three soldiers in Meta province. REUTERS/Reinaldo Canizares-La Opinion (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. TEMPLATE OUT (credit:Ho New / Reuters)
COLOMBIA/(03 of81)
Open Image ModalA soldier stands guard next to homemade mortars seized in the Dagua municipality near Cali August 9, 2010. According to authorities, the 97 weapons belonged to \"Bloc 30\" of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) (credit:Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters)
COLOMBIA/(04 of81)
Open Image ModalPolicemen and prosecutors inspect the scene where a car exploded in front of the police station in Vegalarga in Huila province December 1, 2010. At least one civilian and ten others were injured, including eight policemen, after the car bomb was detonated on Tuesday by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), rebel authorities said. REUTERS/Gerardo Villegas (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST) (credit:STRINGER Colombia / Reuters)
COLOMBIA/(05 of81)
Open Image ModalResidents walk down a street destroyed by a car bomb which exploded in front of the police station in Vegalarga in Huila province December 1, 2010. At least one civilian died and ten others were injured after the car bomb was detonated by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), rebel authorities said. REUTERS/Gerardo Villegas (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY) (credit:STRINGER Colombia / Reuters)
MEXICO/(06 of81)
Open Image ModalPeople hold posters with photographs of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe reading \"Wanted for drug trafficker, paramilitary and assassin\" outside the National Auditorium in Mexic City April 6, 2011. The father of Mexican Lucia Morett, who survived a Colombian strike on a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Ecuador in 2008 and the parents of four other students who were killed in the camp, protested against Uribe while he was giving a speech at the National Auditorium. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) (credit:STRINGER Mexico / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(07 of81)
Open Image ModalJoaquin Perez, a suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC rebel is escorted by policemen after his arrival at Bogota police anti-drugs hangar and airport base April 25, 2011. Perez, known by his alias Alberto Martinez, was deported from Venezuela on Monday after a phone call between the two presidents, the latest gesture in warming relations between the ideologically opposed countries. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW MILITARY) (credit:Jose Gomez / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-VIOLENCE/(08 of81)
Open Image ModalPeople surround a house that was damaged after being hit by a bus that detonated in Toribio, in Cauca province, July 9, 2011. Officials said the FARC rebel group staged three attacks in the southwestern state of Cauca, which is a strategic area for the production and transport of cocaine, including detonating a bus packed with explosives and wounding at least 77 people in addition to killing three. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga (COLOMBIA - Tags: CRIME LAW) (credit:Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters)
COLOMBIA(09 of81)
Open Image ModalStudents participate in an evacuation drill, in the event that they are caught in a crossfire between the army and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, at a school in Toribio, Cauca September 25, 2012. Toribio lies in the western Cauca department, a key area Marxist rebels have long fought to control. Caught in the crossfire, the city has been deeply scarred by the violence that has rocked the area and the country for decades. But with peace talks approaching, residents of the city, which lies some 450 kilometres (280 miles) southwest of Bogota, hope they will soon be able to turn a new page and leave the bloody past behind them. The talks are set to begin on October 15. Picture taken September 25, 2012. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga (COLOMBIA - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) (credit:Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters)
Colombia Rebels Journalist(10 of81)
Open Image ModalA woman talks to a member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) managing a roadblock in San Isidro in southern Colombia, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Journalist Romeo Langlois, who was taken by rebels on April 28 when they attacked troops he was accompanying on a cocaine-lab eradication mission, is expected to be handed over by the rebels to a delegation that includes a French diplomat in San Isidro. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Cuba Colombia Peace Talks(11 of81)
Open Image ModalIvan Marquez, left, chief negotiator for Colombia\'s Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, arrives with Ricardo Tellez, behind right, for the continuation of peace talks with Colombia\'s government in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes) (credit:Franklin Reyes/AP)
Colombia Rebels(12 of81)
Open Image ModalA Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, rebel stands guard on a hill before the release of two hostages in Montealegre, Colombia, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. FARC rebels released Friday, police officers Cristian Camilo Yate, 21, and Victor Alfonso Gonzalez, 26, seized last month. The FARC currently is pursuing peace talks with Colombian government representatives in Cuba. The rebel group declared a two-month unilateral cease-fire when the formal peace talks in Havana began, but that cease-fire lapsed on Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Juan B. Diaz) (credit:Juan B. Diaz/AP)
Colombia Drugs(13 of81)
Open Image ModalSoldiers guard bags containing cocaine displayed for the press at the airport in Tumaco, Colombia, Saturday, March 16, 2013. According to Col. Jorge Mora, commander of an Army counter narcotics brigade, troops seized 3.9 tons of cocaine that belonged to rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, in a jungle area near Timbiqui, on Colombias southern Pacific coast. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez) (credit:William Fernando Martinez/AP)
FARC Rebels Attend Conference To Ratify Peace Deal With Colombian Government(14 of81)
Open Image ModalEL DIAMANTE, COLOMBIA - SEPTEMBER 26: People gather at a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp following the 10th Guerrilla Conference in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was ratified by the FARC on September 26, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which has left 220,000 dead. The final agreement is set to be signed later today and will then be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
FARC Rebels Celebrate As Peace Deal Is Signed With Colombian Government(15 of81)
Open Image ModalEL DIAMANTE, COLOMBIA - SEPTEMBER 26: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels Monica, Karen and Laura (noms de guerre) embrace watching a live broadcast of the somber peace agreement signing ceremony while in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was ratified by the FARC on September 26, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which has left 220,000 dead. The final agreement will be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
FARC Rebels Celebrate As Peace Deal Is Signed With Colombian Government(16 of81)
Open Image ModalEL DIAMANTE, COLOMBIA - SEPTEMBER 26: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel (R) and supporters watch a live broadcast of the somber peace agreement signing ceremony while in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was ratified by the FARC on September 26, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which has left 220,000 dead. The final agreement will be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
FARC Rebels Celebrate As Peace Deal Is Signed With Colombian Government(17 of81)
Open Image ModalEL DIAMANTE, COLOMBIA - SEPTEMBER 26: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels and supporters watch a live broadcast of the somber peace agreement signing ceremony while in the remote Yari plains where the peace accord was ratified by the FARC on September 26, 2016 in El Diamante, Colombia. The peace agreement attempts to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the FARC and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which has left 220,000 dead. The final agreement will be put to vote by the public in a referendum on October 2. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
Colombians Await Final Vote On Peace Accord(18 of81)
Open Image ModalFLORENCIA, COLOMBIA - SEPTEMBER 28: A Colombian Army soldier stands watch along a roadside on September 28, 2016 in Florencia, Colombia. Colombians will cast their ballots on October 2 in a final referendum on a peace accord to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the state, the longest-running armed conflict in the Americas which has left 220,000 dead. The plan calls for a disarmament and re-integration of most of the estimated 7,000 FARC fighters. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
Colombia Peace Ceremony(19 of81)
Open Image ModalRebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, grill meat for visitors expected to arrive to the camp in the Yari Plains of southern Colombia, to celebrate the signing of a peace agreement with the government, Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Colombia will take a big step toward emerging from its long history of violence Monday when the government and the country\'s largest rebel movement sign a peace accord that emerged from four hard years of negotiations. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Colombia Peace Ceremony(20 of81)
Open Image ModalA rebel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, grills meat for visitors expected to arrive to the camp in the Yari Plains of southern Colombia, to celebrate the signing of a peace agreement with the government, Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Colombia will take a big step toward emerging from its long history of violence Monday when the government and the country\'s largest rebel movement sign a peace accord that emerged from four hard years of negotiations. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
COLOMBIA/(21 of81)
Open Image ModalA member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) fires his gun in the general direction of soldiers stationed about 1.5 km (about 1 mile) away in the mountains of Caldono, Cauca province June 4, 2013. The rebels set up explosives on the Caldono-Toribio road to prevent the approach of government troops trying to regain territory held by the FARC in Cauca. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga (COLOMBIA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS) (credit:Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-PROTESTS/FARC(22 of81)
Open Image ModalA police officer is pictured behind a burning tire barricade during clashes between protesters and riot police in the municipality of La Calera, near Bogota, August 23, 2013. The demonstrations, which began on Monday, are the second wave of so-called national strikes against Colombia\'s President Juan Manuel Santos\' agriculture and economic policies which farmers say leave them unable to make any profit. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE) (credit:Jose Gomez / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-PROTESTS/FARC(23 of81)
Open Image ModalA riot police officer is pictured after clashes with protesters in the municipality of La Calera, near Bogota, August 23, 2013. The demonstrations, which began on Monday, are the second wave of so-called national strikes against Colombia\'s President Juan Manuel Santos\' agriculture and economic policies which farmers say leave them unable to make any profit. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE) (credit:Jose Gomez / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-PROTESTS/FARC(24 of81)
Open Image ModalProtesters throw tear gas canisters at riot police during clashes in the municipality of Ubate August 23, 2013. The demonstrations, which began on Monday, are the second wave of so-called national strikes against Colombia\'s President Juan Manuel Santos\' agriculture and economic policies which farmers say leave them unable to make any profit. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-PROTESTS/FARC(25 of81)
Open Image ModalA farm worker sells scallions at the main Corabastos food market in Bogota August 24, 2013. Clashes between police and agricultural workers protesting against President Juan Manuel Santos\' agriculture and economic policies which farmers say leave them unable to make any profit, became violent this week as authorities sought to remove dozens of roadblocks that have snarled travel on Colombia\'s highways and prevented produce getting to market. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE CIVIL UNREST) (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-PROTESTS/FARC(26 of81)
Open Image ModalA farm worker sells potatoes at the main Corabastos food market in Bogota August 24, 2013. Clashes between police and agricultural workers protesting against President Juan Manuel Santos\' agriculture and economic policies which farmers say leave them unable to make any profit, became violent this week as authorities sought to remove dozens of roadblocks that have snarled travel on Colombia\'s highways and prevented produce getting to market. Potato, corn and milk producers complain that free trade agreements with Europe and the United States have made it difficult to compete with cheap imports. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE CIVIL UNREST) (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-FARC/DRUGS(27 of81)
Open Image ModalPolicemen take part in training during the Jungla International Course, in Chicoral near Ibague November 26, 2013. Every year the Colombian police force invites elite law enforcement and military personnel from across Central and South America to participle in this training course. A peace deal between FARC rebels and the Colombian government would greatly help cut cocaine production in Colombia, but officials fear new crime gangs could fill the gap while anti-narcotics police fight a new scourge: synthetic drugs. As government and FARC negotiators in Havana begin discussing illicit drugs - the third item on a five-point peace agenda - anti-narcotics police chief General Ricardo Restrepo said Colombia had warned the world about the growing risk. Picture taken November 26, 2013. To match Interview COLOMBIA-FARC/DRUGS REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS DRUGS SOCIETY) (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-FARC/DRUGS(28 of81)
Open Image ModalPolicemen take part in training during the Jungla International Course, in Chicoral near Ibague November 26, 2013. Every year the Colombian police force invites elite law enforcement and military personnel from across Central and South America to participle in this training course. A peace deal between FARC rebels and the Colombian government would greatly help cut cocaine production in Colombia, but officials fear new crime gangs could fill the gap while anti-narcotics police fight a new scourge: synthetic drugs. As government and FARC negotiators in Havana begin discussing illicit drugs - the third item on a five-point peace agenda - anti-narcotics police chief General Ricardo Restrepo said Colombia had warned the world about the growing risk. Picture taken November 26, 2013. To match Interview COLOMBIA-FARC/DRUGS REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS DRUGS SOCIETY) (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-FARC/DRUGS(29 of81)
Open Image ModalA policeman takes part in training during the Jungla International Course, in Chicoral near Ibague November 26, 2013. Every year the Colombian police force invites elite law enforcement and military personnel from across Central and South America to participle in this training course. A peace deal between FARC rebels and the Colombian government would greatly help cut cocaine production in Colombia, but officials fear new crime gangs could fill the gap while anti-narcotics police fight a new scourge: synthetic drugs. As government and FARC negotiators in Havana begin discussing illicit drugs - the third item on a five-point peace agenda - anti-narcotics police chief General Ricardo Restrepo said Colombia had warned the world about the growing risk. Picture taken November 26, 2013. To match Interview COLOMBIA-FARC/DRUGS REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS DRUGS SOCIETY) (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-FARC/DRUGS(30 of81)
Open Image ModalA policeman takes part in training during the Jungla International Course, in Chicoral near Ibague November 26, 2013. Every year the Colombian police force invites elite law enforcement and military personnel from across Central and South America to participle in this training course. A peace deal between FARC rebels and the Colombian government would greatly help cut cocaine production in Colombia, but officials fear new crime gangs could fill the gap while anti-narcotics police fight a new scourge: synthetic drugs. As government and FARC negotiators in Havana begin discussing illicit drugs - the third item on a five-point peace agenda - anti-narcotics police chief General Ricardo Restrepo said Colombia had warned the world about the growing risk. Picture taken November 26, 2013. To match Interview COLOMBIA-FARC/DRUGS REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS DRUGS SOCIETY) (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-ATTACK/(31 of81)
Open Image ModalA police officer reacts amid the ruins of a police station which was destroyed by a bomb attack in the municipality of Inza in Cauca province December 7, 2013. At least eight people were killed and 20 injured in a bomb attack on Saturday in a village in southern Colombia that the military blamed on left-wing FARC guerrillas who have been engaged in peace talks with the government for the last year. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga (COLOMBIA - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) (credit:Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters)
COLOMBIA/(32 of81)
Open Image ModalA policeman walks past a section of the Pan American Highway which was damaged in a bomb attack in La Agustina, Cauca province April 1, 2014. Authorities said that no deaths or injuries were reported, and attributed the Monday night attack to Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST) (credit:Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-ELECTIONS/SANTOS(33 of81)
Open Image ModalSupporters of Colombia\'s presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos celebrate his victory in the presidential elections at their campaign headquarters in Bogota June 15, 2014. Santos won a second term on Sunday, beating right-wing challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga in a historic vote that will allow peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels to continue and seek an end to five decades of war. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (credit:Jose Gomez / Reuters)
Colombia Rebel Camp(34 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Jan. 4, 2016 photo, rebel soldiers of the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, laugh as they finish serving up lunch plates of pork, rice, potatoes and flatbread, in their hidden camp i in Antioquia state, in the northwest Andes of Colombia. If a final deal between the FARC and Colombia\'s government to end the bloodshed is reached, these rebel fighters will be the first in generations to give up the aim of overthrowing the state. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:Rodrigo Abd/AP)
Colombia Rebel Camp(35 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Jan. 5, 2016 photo, Marleni, a rebel soldier of the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, reads a book titled, \"Cronicas del Destierro,\" by Ruben Dario Zapata, during a break from radio communications with another guerrilla camp, in Antioquia, Colombia. Now peace is within reach as talks between the guerrillas and the government near conclusion in Cuba, and for the first time the rebels are thinking about a future outside this jungle hideout. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:Rodrigo Abd/AP)
Colombia Rebel Camp(36 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Jan. 6, 2016 photo, Juan Pablo, a commander of the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and his girlfriend, 25-year-old rebel fighter Tania, rest at a hidden camp in Antioquia state, in the northwest Andes of Colombia. Now peace is within reach as talks between the guerrillas and the government near conclusion in Cuba, and for the first time the rebels are thinking about a future outside this jungle hideout. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:Rodrigo Abd/AP)
Colombia Rebel Camp(37 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Jan. 3, 2016 photo, members of the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, gathet for a meeting in their hidden camp in Antioquia state, in the northwest Andes of Colombia. Now peace is within reach as talks between the guerrillas and the government near conclusion in Cuba, and for the first time the rebels are thinking about a future outside this jungle hideout. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:Rodrigo Abd/AP)
Colombia Rebel Camp(38 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Jan. 4, 2016 photo, Yesenia, a 19-year-old, a rebel soldier for the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, listens to a commander speak on the peace negotiations between the rebels and the Colombian government, in a hidden camp in Antioquia state, in the northwest Andes of Colombia. Now peace is within reach as talks between the guerrillas and the government near conclusion in Cuba, and for the first time the rebels are thinking about a future outside this jungle hideout. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:Rodrigo Abd/AP)
Colombia Rebel Camp(39 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Jan. 4, 2016 photo, Juliana, 20, left, and Mariana, 24, rebel soldiers for the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, listen to a commander speak on the peace negotiations between the rebels and the Colombian government, in a hidden camp in Antioquia state, in the northwest Andes of Colombia. Now peace is within reach as talks between the guerrillas and the government near conclusion in Cuba, and for the first time the rebels are thinking about a future outside this jungle hideout. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:Rodrigo Abd/AP)
Colombia Rebel Camp(40 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Jan. 6, 2016 photo, Juliana, a 20-year-old rebel fighter for the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, listens as a commander speaks to the guerrilla group, in the northwest Andes of Colombia, in Antioquia state. Like many of her comrades in arms, her path to the FARC was born as much from personal tragedy as political ideology. In her case, she fled an impoverished home at age 16 and followed in the footsteps of an uncle after being raped by her stepfather. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:Rodrigo Abd/AP)
Colombia Rebel Camp(41 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Jan. 5, 2016 photo, Valentina, a rebel fighter of the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, smiles as she taking part in a meeting at a temporary camp in Antioquia state, in the northwest Andes of Colombia. Now peace is within reach as talks between the guerrillas and the government near conclusion in Cuba, and for the first time the rebels are thinking about a future outside this jungle hideout. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:Rodrigo Abd/AP)
Colombia Rebel Camp(42 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Jan. 4, 2016 photo, Marlon, a rebel soldier of the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, pauses from soaping his body to pose for photos while bathing in a creek near the guerrilla\'s group hidden camp in Antioquia state, in the northwest Andes of Colombia. Now peace is within reach as talks between the guerrillas and the government near conclusion in Cuba, and for the first time the rebels are thinking about a future outside this jungle hideout. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:Rodrigo Abd/AP)
Week That In Was In Latin America Photo Gallery(43 of81)
Open Image ModalThis Aug. 13, 2016 photo shows two portraits of Yiceth, one of her holding a weapon while in uniform for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and in civilian clothing at a guerrilla camp in the southern jungle of Putumayo, Colombia. Yiceth, 18, said she\'s spent four years with the FARC and wants to finish high school and go on to study nursing after demobilizing as part of a peace deal with Colombia\'s government. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Camp(44 of81)
Open Image ModalRebels soldiers of the the 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, watch television in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Portraits Photo Gallery(45 of81)
Open Image ModalThis Aug. 13, 2016 photo shows two portraits of Diana Marcela, one of her holding a weapon while in uniform for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 48th front, and in civilian clothing at a guerrilla camp in the southern jungle of Putumayo, Colombia. Marcela, 28, said she\'s spent 13 years in the FARC and would like to finish high school and study photography after demobilizing as part of a peace deal with Colombia\'s government. An Oct. 2 national referendum will give voters the chance to approve the deal for ending a half-century of political violence that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and driven millions from their homes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Portraits Photo Gallery(46 of81)
Open Image ModalThis Aug. 15, 2016 photo shows two portraits Carolina, one of her holding a weapon while in her uniform for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 49th front, and in civilian clothing at a guerrilla camp in the southern jungle of Putumayo, Colombia. Carolina, 18, said she has spent three years in the FARC and would like to study engineering after demobilizing as part of a peace deal with Colombia\'s government. An Oct. 2 national referendum will give voters the chance to approve the deal for ending a half-century of political violence that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and driven millions from their homes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Portraits Photo Gallery(47 of81)
Open Image ModalThis Aug. 15, 2016 photo shows two portraits of Derly, one holding a weapon while in her uniform for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 49th front, and in civilian clothing at a guerrilla camp in the southern jungle of Putumayo, Colombia. Derly, 24, said she\'s been with the FARC for nine years and would like to study medicine after demobilizing as part of a peace deal with Colombia\'s government. An Oct. 2 national referendum will give voters the chance to approve the deal for ending a half-century of political violence that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and driven millions from their homes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Portraits Photo Gallery(48 of81)
Open Image ModalThis Aug. 15, 2016 photo shows two portraits of Rubiela, one of her holding a weapon while in uniform for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 49th front, and in civilian clothing at a guerrilla camp in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. Rubiela, 32, said she has spent 10 years in the FARC and would like to study dentistry after demobilizing as part of a peace deal with Colombia\'s government. An Oct. 2 national referendum will give voters the chance to approve the deal for ending a half-century of political violence that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and driven millions from their homes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Portraits Photo Gallery(49 of81)
Open Image ModalThis Aug. 13, 2016 photo shows two portraits of Yeimi, one of her holding a weapon in uniform for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 48th front, and in civilian clothing at a guerrilla camp in the southern jungle of Putumayo, Colombia. Yeimi, 23, said she has spent 10 years with the FARC and would like to study systems after demobilizing as part of a peace deal with Colombia\'s government. An Oct. 2 national referendum will give voters the chance to approve the deal for ending a half-century of political violence that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and driven millions from their homes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebels At Ease Photo Gallery(50 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 11, 2016 photo, rebels of the 32nd Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, sit in a boat as they patrol the Mecaya river in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. As the countrys half-century conflict winds down, with the signing of a peace deal perhaps just days away, thousands of FARC rebels are emerging from their hideouts and preparing for a life without arms. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Portraits Photo Gallery(51 of81)
Open Image ModalThis Aug. 15, 2016 photo shows two portraits Sofia, one of her holding a weapon while in uniform for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 49th front, and in civilian clothing at a guerrilla camp in the southern jungle of Putumayo, Colombia. Sofia, 19, said she\'s spent six years with the FARC, and would like to study law after demobilizing as part of a peace deal with Colombia\'s government. An Oct. 2 national referendum will give voters the chance to approve the deal for ending a half-century of political violence that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and driven millions from their homes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Peace Vote(52 of81)
Open Image ModalFILE - In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, rebels soldiers of the 32nd Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, stand in formation in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. A historic peace deal to end the conflict between the FARC and the Colombian government must clear a major hurdle: a national referendum on Oct. 2 in which Colombians will get the chance to make their voices heard. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebels At Ease Photo Gallery(53 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 11, 2016 photo, rebels of the 32nd Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, laugh during a break, at their camp in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. As Colombias half-century conflict winds down, with the signing of a peace deal perhaps just days away, thousands of FARC rebels are emerging from their hideouts and preparing for a life without arms. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebels At Ease Photo Gallery(54 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 11, 2016 photo, rebels of the the 32nd Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia perform folk dances in front of their comrades at their camp in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. The FARCs southern bloc, to which the front belongs, is one of the rebel army\'s oldest and most belligerent fighting units. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Portraits Photo Gallery(55 of81)
Open Image ModalThis Aug. 16, 2016 photo shows two portraits of Johana, one of her holding a weapon while in uniform for the 32nd front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and in civilian clothing at a guerrilla camp in the southern jungle of Putumayo, Colombia. Johana, 19, said she\'s spent six years in the FARC and would like to study nursing after demobilizing as part of a peace deal with Colombia\'s government. An Oct. 2 national referendum will give voters the chance to approve the deal for ending a half-century of political violence that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and driven millions from their homes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Portraits Photo Gallery(56 of81)
Open Image ModalThis Aug. 16, 2016 photo shows two portraits of Yuri Renteria, one of her holding a weapon while in her uniform for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 32nd front, and in civilian clothing at a guerrilla camp in the southern jungle of Putumayo, Colombia. Renteria, 18, said she\'s been with the FARC for four years and would like to study engineering after demobilizing as part of a peace deal with Colombia\'s government. An Oct. 2 national referendum will give voters the chance to approve the deal for ending a half-century of political violence that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and driven millions from their homes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia FARC Interview(57 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 photo, Martin Corena, acting commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombias southern bloc, FARC, speaks addresses his troops in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. Corena is calling on President Barack Obama to free a guerrilla leader jailed for more than a decade in the U.S. Corena said Ricardo Palmeras 60-year sentence in connection to the FARCs holding captive of three American defense contracts was incompatible with Obamas support for a peace deal. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia FARC Interview(58 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 photo, rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia southern bloc, FARC, listen to a lecture on the peace process in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. Martin Corena, the acting commander of the FARC\'s southern bloc, is calling on President Barack Obama to free a guerrilla leader jailed for more than a decade in the U.S. Corena said Ricardo Palmeras 60-year sentence in connection to the FARCs holding captive of three American defense contracts was incompatible with Obamas support for a peace deal. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia FARC(59 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 photo, rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia southern bloc, FARC, listen to a lecture on the peace process in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. Martin Corena, the acting commander of the FARC\'s southern bloc, is calling on President Barack Obama to free a guerrilla leader jailed for more than a decade in the U.S. Corena said Ricardo Palmeras 60-year sentence in connection to the FARCs holding captive of three American defense contracts was incompatible with Obamas support for a peace deal. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia FARC(60 of81)
Open Image ModalIn this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 photo, Martin Corena, acting commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombias southern bloc, FARC, addresses his troops in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. Corena is calling on President Barack Obama to free a guerrilla leader jailed for more than a decade in the U.S. Corena said Ricardo Palmeras 60-year sentence in connection to the FARCs holding captive of three American defense contracts was incompatible with Obamas support for a peace deal. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (credit:Fernando Vergara/AP)
Colombia Rebel Congress(61 of81)
Open Image ModalRebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, arrive on top of a truck to El Diamante, in southern Colombia, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. FARC rebels are gathering for a congress to discuss and vote a peace accord reached with the Colombian government to end five decades of war. Historically secretive, this congress is the first one open to civilians. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:Ricardo Mazalan/AP)
Colombia Rebel Congress(62 of81)
Open Image ModalRebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, arrive to El Diamante, in southern Colombia, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. FARC rebels are gathering for a congress to discuss and vote a peace accord reached with the Colombian government to end five decades of war. Historically secretive, this congress is the first one open to civilians. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:Ricardo Mazalan/AP)
Colombia Rebel Congress(63 of81)
Open Image ModalRebels of the Revolutionary Armed FOrces of Colombia, FARC, stand on formation at their camp next to the site where is the group is holding it\'s 10th conference in the Yari Plains, Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. FARC leaders and delegates are gathering to debate and vote on the accord reached last month with the Colombian government to end five decades of war. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:Ricardo Mazalan/AP)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(64 of81)
Open Image ModalMediator of the dialogue between Colombia\'s government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Rodolfo Benitez of Cuba (C), flanked by Dag Nylander (6th L), Norway\'s representative in the Colombia-FARC peace talks as well as FARC and Colombia\'s government members speaks during a news conference in Havana, Cuba May 15, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini (credit:Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/CUBA(65 of81)
Open Image ModalCuba\'s President Raul Castro (C), Colombia\'s President Juan Manuel Santos (L) and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, better known by his nom de guerre Timochenko, react after signing a historic ceasefire deal between the Colombian government and FARC rebels in Havana, Cuba, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (credit:Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(66 of81)
Open Image ModalPeople are pictured under a Colombian umbrella as they celebrate the signature of a historic ceasefire deal between the Colombian government and FARC rebels, in Bogota, Colombia, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(67 of81)
Open Image ModalFARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono gestures before signing a historic ceasefire deal between the Colombian government and FARC rebels in Havana, Cuba, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (credit:Enrique de la Osa / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(68 of81)
Open Image ModalVenezuela\'s President Nicolas Maduro waves during his arriving at the signing a historic ceasefire deal between the Colombian government and FARC rebels in Havana, Cuba, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (credit:Enrique de la Osa / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(69 of81)
Open Image ModalColombian soldiers carry a guerrilla injured in combat during an attack in Guayabetal Meta province, 60 km southeast of Bogota, January 15, 2000. REUTERS/File Photo FROM THE FILES PACKAGE - SEARCH \"FARC CONFLICT\" FOR ALL 34 IMAGES (credit:Str Old / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(70 of81)
Open Image ModalColombian soldiers survey an area in San Juanito, some 120 kms (75 miles) east of the capital of Bogota, February 4, 1997. REUTERS/File Photo FROM THE FILES PACKAGE - SEARCH \"FARC CONFLICT\" FOR ALL 34 IMAGES (credit:Jose Gomez / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(71 of81)
Open Image ModalA Colombian policeman attempts to put out a truck fire set by leftist FARC rebels in Dagua, Valle province, April 10, 2003. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo FROM THE FILES PACKAGE - SEARCH \"FARC CONFLICT\" FOR ALL 34 IMAGES (credit:Eduardo Munoz / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(72 of81)
Open Image ModalColombian policemen and peasants look at a truck burned by leftist FARC rebels in Dagua, Valle province, April 10, 2003. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo FROM THE FILES PACKAGE - SEARCH \"FARC CONFLICT\" FOR ALL 34 IMAGES (credit:Eduardo Munoz / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(73 of81)
Open Image ModalForty-six Colombian policemen held prisoner by Marxist FARC rebels huddle in a boat June 20, 2001. REUTERS/File Photo FROM THE FILES PACKAGE - SEARCH \"FARC CONFLICT\" FOR ALL 34 IMAGES (credit:Eliana Aponte / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/(74 of81)
Open Image ModalThree Colombian rebels, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), take up positions in trenches around a heavily-fortified rebel camp in the southern Caqueta province December 8, 1998. REUTERS/File Photo FROM THE FILES PACKAGE - SEARCH \"FARC CONFLICT\" FOR ALL 34 IMAGES (credit:Str Old / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/PEACE(75 of81)
Open Image ModalYeimi and Sebastian, members of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), are seen inside a tent at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/PEACE(76 of81)
Open Image ModalMembers of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) prepare food at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/PEACE(77 of81)
Open Image ModalMembers of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) listen to a lecture on the peace process between the Colombian government and their force at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/PEACE(78 of81)
Open Image ModalAlexandra, a member of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), poses for a picture at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/PEACE(79 of81)
Open Image ModalMembers of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) patrol in the remote mountains of Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/PEACE(80 of81)
Open Image ModalPatricia, a member of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), poses for a picture at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)
COLOMBIA-REBELS/PEACE(81 of81)
Open Image ModalMembers of the 51st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have a haircut and a beard shave at a camp in Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, August 16, 2016. Picture taken August 16, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (credit:John Vizcaino / Reuters)