| People's Revolutionary Army Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the ERP | |
| Leaders | Édgar Castellanos |
| Dates of operation | 1985–2007 |
| Headquarters | "Mountains of Colombia" |
| Active regions | Colombia |
| Ideology | Marxism |
ThePeople's Revolutionary Army (Spanish:Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo,ERP) was a smallMarxistguerrilla organization inColombia. The group originated in the municipality ofVenadillo,Tolima Department in c. 1985 as a splinter group of theNational Liberation Army and was commanded by its founder Édgar Castellanos, a.k.a. "Gonzalo" until his death in January 2007. The group became a military objective ofparamilitary. The Colombian government outlawed the group for rebellion, kidnappings and extortion crimes.[1]
It operated mostly in the vicinity of the city ofIbagué capital of the Tolima Department and in the mountainous area of theMontes de María in theColombian Caribbean region, between thedepartments ofSucre andBolívar which demobilized in June, 2007. The ERP lost its marxist political background with the years and concentrated on criminal practices such as kidnappings and extortion and went down on the number of members to end up with 14 guerrillas which demobilized on September 15, 2007.[2][3]
