Former general Mario Montoya and his family are barred from traveling to the U.S., Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Former general Mario Montoya and his family are barred from traveling to the U.S., Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

The United States on Friday announced sanctions against a former Colombian general it said was involved in extrajudicial killings of civilians falsely reported as combat deaths.

The State Department said it supported a 2016 peace accord between FARC and the government under which the rebels, then the most powerful guerrilla army in Latin America, laid down their arms.

Credit: Fernando Vergara / AP The State Department said it supported a 2016 peace accord between FARC and the government under which the rebels, then the most powerful guerrilla army in Latin ...

Civil wars are some of the deadliest conflicts in history. They tend to create chaotic violence without an organized military ...

Santos had said it had no Plan B if voters rejected the accord, which stipulated that the agreement must be ratified by Colombians in a referendum to come into force. “Peace is exciting, but the ...

In 2016, the government signed an agreement with the FARC, but some FARC dissidents, the ELN, and paramilitary and drug trafficking groups continue to operate, as Petro insists on his “total ...

comes as Petro is attempting to reach a peace deal with the Colombian rebel group Segunda Marquetalia. Segunda Marquetalia, ...