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FARC-EP remains the largest and oldest insurgent group in the Americas.

According to the Colombian government, FARC-EP had an estimated 6, 000 – 8, 000 members in 2008, down from 16, 000 in 2001, having lost much of their fighting force since President Álvaro Uribe took office in 2002.

Political analyst and former guerrilla León Valencia has estimated that FARC's numbers have been reduced to around 11, 000 from their 18, 000 peak but cautions against considering the group a defeated force.

In 2007 FARC-EP Commander Raúl Reyes claimed that their force consisted of 18, 000 guerrillas.