C ' s ▁ 1 st ▁Front ▁are ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁pla ins ▁of ▁Colombia . ▁John ▁ 4 0 ▁and ▁their ▁diss ident ▁ 4 3 rd ▁Front ▁moved ▁into ▁the ▁Amazon as ▁state ▁of ▁western ▁Venezuela . ▁Venezuela ▁has ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁primary ▁location ▁for ▁many ▁F AR C ▁diss idents . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 5 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁Colomb ian ▁and ▁Per uv ian ▁govern ments ▁launched ▁a ▁joint ▁military ▁effort ▁known ▁as ▁Operation ▁Arm aged don ▁to ▁combat ▁F AR C ▁diss idents . ▁Peru ▁issued ▁a ▁ 6 0 - day ▁state ▁of ▁emer gency ▁in ▁the ▁Put um ay o ▁Province , ▁an ▁area ▁border ing ▁both ▁Colombia ▁and ▁E cuador . ▁On ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁alone , ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 0 ▁individuals ▁were ▁arrested ▁in ▁the ▁operation , ▁with ▁the ▁majority ▁being ▁Colomb ian ▁national s , ▁while ▁four ▁c oca ine ▁l abs ▁were ▁dis m ant led . ▁ ▁International ▁response ▁ ▁The ▁F AR C ▁were ▁a ▁violent ▁non - state ▁actor ▁( V NS A ) ▁whose ▁formal ▁recognition ▁as ▁legit imate ▁bell iger ent ▁forces ▁is ▁disput ed ▁by ▁some ▁organizations . ▁As ▁such , ▁the ▁F AR C ▁has ▁been ▁class ified ▁as ▁a ▁terror ist ▁organization ▁by ▁the ▁govern ments ▁of ▁Colombia , ▁( since ▁ 1 9 9 7 ) ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Canada , ▁Chile , ▁( since ▁ 2 0 1 0 ) ▁New ▁Zealand ,, ▁Venezuela