![]() ![]() Radical Liberal and Communist guerrillas from Marquetalia created the Southern BlocĮstablishment of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) by Jacobo Arenas and Manuel Marulanda, among others. Operation Soberanía (Colombia), launched by the Colombian Army simultaneously with Operation Marquetalia in southern Tolima Department. ![]() Following this cycles of special warfare teams arrived in Colombia between 19 to continue training in counterinsurgency operations Ĭolombian Army military offensive against Marquetalia fails to eliminate the enclave. William Yarborough, was sent to Colombia. Ī United States special warfare team, trained in Kennedy's Counterinsurgency doctrine, and headed by Gen. Reports of helicopters were being deployed with US instructors accompanying Colombian pilots. Jacobo Prías aka "Charro Negro", Chief of the Communist Agrarian Movement is killed. decided to help Colombia in counter-insurgency doctrines. President Eisenhower sent a survey team to Colombia to investigate the political situation in Colombia. ![]() The National Front created by the Liberal and Conservative parties, after mutual agreements and a December 1957 plesbicite. General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla seizes power and offers an amnesty to Liberal and Conservative fighters, most of whom demobilize. Marquetalia and other enclaves created by radical Liberal and Communist guerrillas. Tensions between parties remain.īanana massacre in the town of Cienaga by the Colombian Army after a workers' strike against the United Fruit Company.ĭeath of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan triggers El Bogotazo, Liberal and Conservative violence spread as part of La Violencia. Thousand Days War, civil war between the two ruling parties Colombian Liberal Party and Colombian Conservative Party,Įnd of Civil War. ![]()
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