Eastern Bloc of The FARC-EP - Columns and Companies

Columns and Companies

The following columns and companies also form part of the Eastern Bloc:

  • Compañía Marquetalia: Formed in January 2011. Operates in the Meta department. 54 members. According to a reportage in El Espectador the column's medics are treating the local population, providing basic health services where the state presence is weak.
  • Mobile Column Alfonso Castellanos: Faction of the 10th front, composed by up to 120 members. Operates in the Arauca Department. His leader, "Gabino", was killed on August 24, 2008 by the Colombian Military. The second-in-command, John Javier Ariza Gil, alias "Milton Diaz, has been killed on August 19, 2010 .
  • Mobile Column Juan José Rondón: It is composed by up to 250 members and operates mostly in the Guaviare Department. Its last known leader, Octavio Salamanca, alias "Urias Cuéllar", was killed in 2001.
  • Special Forces: It is composed by up to 80 men and operates in what used to be the demilitarized zone.
  • Company Reinel Méndez: It is composed by up to 80 men and operates in what used to be the demilitarized zone.
  • Company Esteban Ramírez: It is composed by up to 80 men and operates in what used to be the demilitarized zone.
  • Company Manuela Beltrán: It is composed by up to 50 men and operates in the Cundinamarca Department. Its leader, Neftaly Murcia Vargas, known as “Camilo Tabaco”, was killed on September 3, 2008, according to the Colombian Army.
  • Company Abelardo Romero: It is composed by up to 40 men and operates in the Cundinamarca Department. On March 26, 2012, tens of member of the front are killed by an offensive of the army including the Company leader "Alonso Rivas". Yesid Borracho, the successor of Alonso Rivas, was killed on July 30.
  • Company Joaquín Ballén: It is composed by up to 140 men and operates in the Cundinamarca Department.
  • Company Che Guevara: Faction of the Eastern and Caribbean Blocs, composed by up to 120 members. Operates in what used to be the demilitarized zone.

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