Colombian conflict - The Attack on the Community of Marquetalia

Time: 1964

Place: Marquetalia, Caldas, Colombia

Details: In the early 1960s Colombian Army units loyal to the National Front began to attack peasant communities. This happened throughout Colombia with the Colombian army considering that these peasant communities were enclaves for bandits and Communists. It was the 1964 attack on the community of Marquetalia that motivated the later creation of FARC.

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