The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was a self-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization, listed internationally as a terrorist group by a number of countries. Estimates claim that the FARC at one point had hundreds of hostages who were held for ransom.
The following list of former hostages are what the FARC called "canjeables" (exchangeable), as they offered their freedom in return for the liberty of 500 FARC members held in Colombian prisons through a prisoner exchange. The humanitarian exchange never happened. The FARC released their last political hostages in April 2012.[1]
| Name | Capture | Release or demise | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Position | Date | Reason | |
| Pedro José Guarnizo Ovalle | 1997-07-02 | Urabá, Antioquia | Sergeant First Class | 2003-05-05 | Rescued |
| Pablo Emilio Moncayo Cabrera | 1997-12-21 | Patascoy, Nariño | Corporal | 2010-03-30 | Released |
| Libio Jose Martinez Estrada | 2011-11-26 | Killed | |||
| José Miguel Arteaga | 1998-03-03 | El Billar, Caquetá | Corporal | 2008-07-02 | Rescued |
| William Humberto Pérez Medina | |||||
| José Ricardo Marulanda Valencia | Sergeant First Class | ||||
| Luis Alfonso Beltran Franco | Corporal | 2012-04-02 | Released | ||
| Luis Arturo Arcia | |||||
| Wagner Harvey Tapias Torres | 1998-05-28 | Mutata, Antioquia | Lieutenant | 2003-05-05 | Killed |
| Samuel Ernesto Cote | 1998-06-11 | Frontino, Antioquia | Corporal | 2003-05-05 | Killed |
| Francisco Manuel Negrete Mendoza | 1998-08-01 | Pavarandó, Antioquia | Corporal | 2003-05-05 | Killed |
| Mario Alberto Marín Franco | 1998-08-03 | ||||
| Armando Flórez Pantoja | 1998-08-03 | Miraflores, Guaviare | Corporal | 2008-07-02 | Rescued |
| Julio Cesar Buitrago Cuesta | |||||
| Jhon Jairo Durán Tuay | |||||
| Juan Carlos Bermeo Covaleda | Lieutenant | ||||
| Erasmo Romero Rodríguez | Sergeant | ||||
| Arbey Delgado Argote | 2010-06-13 | ||||
| William Donato Gomez | Lieutenant | 2010-06-14 | |||
| Róbinson Salcedo Guarín | Corporal | 2012-04-02 | Released | ||
| Luis Alfredo Moreno Chagueza | |||||
| Raimundo Castellanos Malagón | 1998-08-04 | La Uribe, Meta | Sub-Lieutenant | 2008-07-02 | Rescued |
| Héctor Lucuara Duván Segura | 1998-08-14 | Tamborales, Chocó | Sergeant First Class | 2003-05-05 | Killed |
| Jairsinio Navarrete Sánchez | 1998-08-15 | Corporal | |||
| Edgar Yesid Duarte Valero | 1998-10-14 | El Paujil, Caquetá | Captain | 2011-11-26 | Killed |
| Elkin Hernández Rivas | Lieutenant | ||||
| Luis Hernando Peña Bonilla | 1998-11-01 | Mitú, Vaupés | Sub-intendant | 2003[2] | Killed |
| Jhon Frank Pinchao Blanco | 2007-05-16 | Escaped | |||
| Julián Ernesto Guevara Castro | Captain | 2006-01-28 | Died in captivity | ||
| Vianey Javier Rodríguez Porras | Sub-Lieutenant | 2008-07-02 | Rescued | ||
| Luis Herlindo Mendieta Ovalle | Lieutenant Colonel | 2010-06-13 | Rescued | ||
| Enrique Murillo Sanchez | Captain | ||||
| César Augusto Lasso Monsalve | Sergeant | 2012-04-02 | Released | ||
| Heriberto Aranguren González | 1999-06-22 | Aguas Prietas, Córdoba | Sergeant | 2003-05-05 | Rescued |
| Carlos José Duarte Rojas | 1999-07-10 | Puerto Rico, Meta | Sub-intendant | 2012-04-02 | Released |
| Wilson Rojas Medina | |||||
| Jorge Trujillo Solarte | |||||
| Jorge Humberto Romero | |||||
| José Libardo Forero Carrero | Corporal | ||||
| Armando Castellanos Gaona | 1999-11-16 | La Arada, Tolima | Sub-intendant | 2008-07-02 | Rescued |
| Luis Alberto Erazo Maya | 1999-12-09 | Curillo, Caquetá | Sergeant | 2011-11-26 | Rescued |
| Álvaro Jose Moreno | Intendant | Killed | |||
| Alejandro Ledesma Ortiz | 1999-12-12 | Juradó, Chocó | Lieutenant | 2003-05-05 | Killed |
| José Gregorio Peña Guarín | Corporal | ||||
| Antenor Biella Hernández | Rescued | ||||
| Oscar Tulio Lizcano | 2000-08-05 | Riosucio, Caldas | Representative | 2008-10-26 | Escaped |
| Fernando Araújo Perdomo | 2000-12-04 | Cartagena, Bolívar | Minister | 2007-01-05 | Escaped |
| Luis Eladio Pérez Bonilla | 2001-06-10 | Ipiales, Nariño | Senator | 2008-02-27 | Released |
| Gloria Polanco de Lozada | 2001-06-26 | Neiva, Huila | First Lady of the Huila Department | 2008-02-27 | Released |
| Alan Edmundo Jara Urzola | 2001-07-15 | Lejanías, Meta | Ex-Governor of Meta | 2009-02-03 | Released |
| Orlando Beltrán Cuellar | 2001-08-28 | Gigante, Huila | Representative | 2008-02-27 | Released |
| Consuelo González de Perdomo | 2001-09-10 | Highway in Huila | Representative | 2008-01-10 | Released |
| Jorge Eduardo Géchem Turbay | 2002-02-20 | Flight towards Hobo, Huila | Senator | 2008-02-27 | Released |
| Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio | 2002-02-23 | Montañitas, Caquetá | Presidential Candidate | 2008-07-02 | Rescued |
| Clara Leticia Rojas González | Campaign Manager | 2008-01-10 | Released | ||
| Francisco Javier Giraldo Cadavid | 2002-04-11 | Cali, Valle del Cauca | Valle del Cauca Deputy | 2007-06-18 | Killed |
| Juan Carlos Narváez Reyes | |||||
| Carlos Alberto Barragán López | |||||
| Carlos Alberto Charry Quiroga | |||||
| Jairo Javier Hoyos Salcedo | |||||
| Edinson Pérez Núñez | |||||
| Nacianceno Orozco Grisales | |||||
| Rufino Varela | |||||
| Alberto Quintero Herrera | |||||
| Héctor Fabio Arizmendi Ospina | |||||
| Ramiro Echeverri Sánchez | |||||
| Sigifredo López Tobón | 2002-04-11 | Cali, Valle del Cauca | Valle del Cauca Deputy | 2009-02-05 | Released |
| Guillermo Gaviria Correa | 2002-04-21 | Caicedo, Antioquia | Governor of Antioquia | 2003-05-05 | Killed |
| Gilberto Echeverri Mejía | Ex-Minister | ||||
| Keith Donald Stansell | 2003-02-13 | Caquetá Department | US American Contractor | 2008-07-02 | Rescued |
| Marc David Gonsalves | |||||
| Thomas Randolph Howes | |||||
| Emmanuel Rojas | Born 2004-04-16 | Born in captivity | June 2005 (sent to Bogotá) December 2007 (found) |
Found in foster care in Bogotá | |
| William Giovanni Domínguez Castro | 2007-01-20 | Florencia, Caquetá | Private | 2009-02-01 | Released |
| Guillermo Javier Solórzano Julio | 2007-06-04 | Florida, Valle del Cauca | Captain | 2011-02-16 | Released |
| Alexis Torres Zapata | 2007-06-09 | El Paujil, Caquetá | Police Officer | 2009-02-01 | Released |
| José Walter Lozano Guarnizo | |||||
| Juan Fernando Galicio Uribe | |||||
| Salin Antonio San Miguel Valderrama | 2008-05-23 | El Tambo, Tolima | Corporal | 2011-02-16 | Released |
| Francisco Aldemar Franco Zamora | 2009-03-22 | Miraflores, Guaviare | Sergeant | May 2009 | Killed |
| Josue Daniel Calvo Sanchez | 2009-04-20 | El Encanto, Meta | Private | 2010-03-28 | Released |
| Luis Francisco Cuellar Carvajal | 2009-12-21 | Florencia, Caquetá | Governor of Caqueta Department | 2009-12-22 | Killed |
| Henry Lopez Martinez | 2010-05-23 | Solano, Caquetá | Private | 2011-02-11 | Released |
