Tanja Nijmeijer

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Tanja Nijmeijer
Born	February 13, 1978 Denekamp, Netherlands
Occupation	FARC member

Tanja Nijmeijer (born February 13, 1978 in Denekamp) is a former Dutch English teacher who has been a member of the Colombian guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) since 2002. She has also been one of the group's leading public figures since the discovery of her diary in 2007.^[1] She is part of the negotiating team involved in ongoing peace talks with the Colombian government.

Life

Nijmeijer studied Romance languages and Romance cultures at the University of Groningen. In 1998 she went to Colombia and became an English teacher.^[2] She later went back to the Netherlands and continued her university studies.

In 2002 Nijmeijer returned to Colombia and in November joined the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). She became one of FARC's leading public figures from 2007 onwards, when a private journal she had been keeping was found by the Colombian military and became the focus of international news reports. Nijmeijer wrote in the journal about the hardships of and her occasional disillusionment with the guerrilla life.^[2] Up until 2010, Nijmeijer had a romantic relationship with a nephew of FARC leader Víctor Julio Suárez Rojas.^[3]

Peace talks

In Autumn 2012 she was named as a member of the FARC delegation in the negotiations with the Colombian government in Oslo.^[4]

Charges

She is charged with terrorism in the United States for allegedly participating in the kidnapping of three American citizens. If found guilty she would face up to 60 years in prison.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ Tanja Nijmeijer Colombia Reports, November 19, 2012
↑ 2.0 2.1 Pachico, Elyssa (7 November 2012). "Dutch FARC Guerrilla Arrives in Cuba (and Sings About it)". InSight Crime. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
↑ Tanja Nijmeijer Colombia Reports, November 19, 2012
↑ Farc to send Dutch woman to Oslo talks, The Guardian, October 16, 2012
↑ "US court indicts Dutch Farc rebel Tanja Nijmeijer". BBC News. December 15, 2010. Retrieved January 06, 2012.
↑ Dutch Tanja Nijmeijer on US terrorist charges, Radio Netherlands Worldwide by Reinout van Wagtendonk, December 15, 2010

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Organization	Chain of Command Eastern Bloc Southern Bloc Central Bloc Western Bloc Caribbean Bloc Northwestern Bloc Middle Magdalena Bloc

Secretariat	Timoleón Jiménez (Commander in Chief) Iván Márquez Joaquín Gómez Mauricio Jaramillo Pablo Catatumbo Pastor Alape

Other notable personnel	Manuel Marulanda Vélez (founder) † Jacobo Arenas (founder) † Simón Trinidad (captured) Raúl Reyes † Mono Jojoy † Alfonso Cano † Efraín Guzmán † Iván Ríos † Sonia (captured) Tomás Medina Caracas † Martín Caballero † Rodrigo Granda Iván Vargas (captured) Marcos Calarcá Andrés París Tanja Nijmeijer Karina (surrendered) Romaña Fabian Ramirez César (captured)

Characteristics	History Structure Attacks PCCC Patriotic Union Front Ricardo Franco List of political hostages

Persondata
Name	Nijmeijer, Tanja
Alternative names	Eileen
Short description	Dutch terrorist, political activist and squatter
Date of birth	February 13, 1978
Place of birth	Denekamp, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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