Colombia to Treat All Illegal Armed Groups as Terrorists Under New Security Strategy
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The Colombian government announced on Tuesday that it will present to Congress a proposal for reform to classify guerrillas, drug traffickers and other illegal organizations as terrorists. President Abelardo de la Espriella assumed power at the beginning of August with the promise to give a radical win in the peace policies that his predecessor, Gustavo Petro, had been implementing with armed groups, in order to combat them without truce with th…
“They are all terrorists and we will treat them as such,” said Abelardo de la Espriella, a close ally of the U.S. government.
The President of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, said that the state must treat all criminal groups in the country as terrorists. The statement took place this Sunday, 23, during a Security Council in Barranquilla. De la Espriella defended a unified response against organized crime. According to him, drug trafficking, illegal mining, extortion and smuggling act in a connected way. "Here we have to stop treating these bandits differently," he…
The Colombian government announced Tuesday that it will present to Congress a reform proposal to classify guerrillas, drug traffickers and other illegal organizations as "terrorists."
Government of Abelardo de la Espriella prepares anti-terrorist status in the midst of the worst outbreak of violence in Colombia in a decade
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