Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific
Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific | |
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Participant in Colombian armed conflict | |
Active | ? – present |
Ideology | Indigenous rights |
Area of operations | Colombia |
Strength | ~ 80 |
Opponents | Government of Colombia |
The Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias Indígenas del Pacífico) is a small guerrilla group based in rural indigenous areas of Colombia.
The group, known by the acronym of FARIP, is an indigenous revolutionary group, common government estimates give the group a total number of 80 fighters. It is speculated that, like the largely peaceful ONIC (National Indigenous Organization of Colombia) and other indigenous self-defense forces, to be poorly armed.
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