Description
Added on the 28/05/2015 07:54:19 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
The Colombian government and dissidents of the FARC guerrilla group that signed a 2016 peace pact, start talks with a view to demobilizing some 3,500 fighters and putting an end, once and for all, to their armed insurgency. The parties have also agreed to observe a bilateral ceasefire until January 15, according to the defense ministry. Negotiations between the government of President Gustavo Petro and leaders of the so-called Central General Staff (EMC) kick off in Tibu in the country's northeast, an area surrounded by drug crops and hard-hit by the ongoing violence. IMAGES
"For us, it's clear that Maduro's dictatorship, this regime, is supporting these groups" says Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel Ceballos, after ex-FARC leader, Ivan Marquez, announced that he is taking up arms again. IMAGES
Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace holds presser after ordering "immediate release" of FARC leader Jesus Santrich, indicted for drug trafficking by a US court. IMAGES
The justice of peace in Colombia tweets its demand of immediate release of ex FARC leader Jesus Santrich, detained in a prison in Bogota as of April 2018 and who is wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges. ANIMATED VIDEO
Thousands protest in Bogota to demand the Colombian government to fully implement the peace agreement with the ex-guerrilla FARC, against the controversial intention to modify part of the text. IMAGES