Overview

• Seven members of the last FARC Secretariat, including Rodrigo Londoño (Timochenko), received the maximum sanction for systematic kidnappings and related crimes.
• The penalties restrict movement and political rights rather than impose prison time, consistent with the transitional justice terms set in the peace deal.
• The ruling assigns reparative work across four lines: search for the disappeared, humanitarian demining, memory initiatives, and environmental actions.
• The sentence stems from Macro Case 01, built over seven years on 21,936 identified victims and 4,325 accredited testimonies that underpinned the findings.
• The decision is appealable, the former commanders accepted responsibility, public criticism persists, and the JEP plans a first ‘falsos positivos’ verdict on September 18.