<P> The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -- People 's Army ( Spanish : Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia -- Ejército del Pueblo , FARC -- EP and FARC ) was a guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict from 1964 to 2017 . It was known to employ a variety of military tactics in addition to more unconventional methods , including terrorism . The FARC -- EP was formed during the Cold War period as a Marxist -- Leninist peasant force promoting a political line of agrarianism and anti-imperialism . The operations of the FARC -- EP were funded by kidnap and ransom ; illegal mining ; extortion or taxation of various forms of economic activity and the taxation , production and distribution of illegal drugs . The United Nations has estimated that 12 % of all killings of civilians in Colombian conflict were committed by FARC and National Liberation Army ( ELN ) guerrillas , with 80 % committed by right - wing paramilitaries , and the remaining 8 % committed by Colombian security forces . </P>
<P> The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -- People 's Army ( Spanish : Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia -- Ejército del Pueblo , FARC -- EP and FARC ) was a guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict from 1964 to 2017 . It was known to employ a variety of military tactics in addition to more unconventional methods , including terrorism . The FARC -- EP was formed during the Cold War period as a Marxist -- Leninist peasant force promoting a political line of agrarianism and anti-imperialism . The operations of the FARC -- EP were funded by kidnap and ransom ; illegal mining ; extortion or taxation of various forms of economic activity and the taxation , production and distribution of illegal drugs . The United Nations has estimated that 12 % of all killings of civilians in Colombian conflict were committed by FARC and National Liberation Army ( ELN ) guerrillas , with 80 % committed by right - wing paramilitaries , and the remaining 8 % committed by Colombian security forces . </P>
farc is a guerrilla army operating primarily in what country
farc is a guerrilla army operating primarily in what country
Colombia
Colombia