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Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific
The Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific or Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias Indigenas del Pacifico 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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