Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific

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Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific
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 (Indian forces usually carry only sticks).

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