Adam Isacson posts a photo about the FARC's self-proclaimed laws in Putumayo.





A colleague in Colombia sends this sign posted to a wall in Putumayo, Colombia by the FARC’s 32nd Front.

Here’s a translation. (A U.S. dollar equals about 2,000 pesos.)

Punishments and FinesNorms For Living in a Dignified and Honest Community Owners of animals that damage others’ crops 500,000 pesos For those who fight 500,000 pesos For those who gossip 200,000 pesos For swindlers 1,000,000 pesos For those who sell basuco to users 500,000 pesos For those who damage signs 500,000 pesos For those who poison streams 200,000 pesos For those who don’t clean their plots of land 500,000 pesos For those who bring unknown people 2,000,000 pesos For those who bring prostitutes 1,000,000 pesos For basuco addicts: work or fine valued at 500,000 pesos For those who buy or sell lands without consulting the FARC-EP 2,000,000 pesos For those who damage stores: it is closed and they pay everything For those who don’t close their establishments after 2:00AM 500,000 pesos For those who don’t perform community work projects 200,000 pesos For whoever mistreats his/her significant other 200,000 pesos For those who hunt with dogs or groups of people with shotguns 1,000,000 pesos Owners of land can cut trees but cannot sell the wood. Do not remove wood from empty lands, fine 500,000 pesos. Don’t drive vehicles after 6:00PM. Whoever does so loses the vehicle or pays a fine of 2,000,000 pesos For whoever sets up an individual shop 2,000,000 pesos Sincerely, 32nd Front, Southern Bloc, FARC-EP Welcome

I love the "welcome" part. And by "dignified and honest" they mean "totalitarian and scary."