In 1989, FARC devised plan to seize ultimate control.

According to an investigation by the office of the Public Prosecutor and confessions made by captured or demobilized FARC, in a meeting of FARC leaders, held between May 10 and 17, 1989, the FARC defined a plan for taking ultimate control of Colombia in eight years. The investigation was uncovered by verdadabierta.com. The plan, as it was carried out, resulted in recruitment of minors, homicides, mass displacement, and kidnappings.