Colombia suspends truce with major rebel group in flashpoint regions

Colombia Suspends Cease-Fire with Rebel Group Accused of Killing 4

bogota, colombia - Colombia’s government said Monday it is suspending a cease-fire with rebels accused of recently killing four Indigenous people &m

Colombia suspends ceasefire with Marxist rebel group accused of killing 4

Colombia’s government said Monday it is suspending a cease-fire with rebels accused of recently killing four Indigenous people — at least three of them minors — who tried to avoid forced recruitment in the south of the country. President Gustavo Petro’s administration said in a statement that the military will resume attacks on factions of the FARC-EMC group operating in the provinces of Caqueta, Putumayo, Guaviare and Meta, due to the group's l…

Gov’t suspends ceasefire with rebels over indigenous murders in Colombia

Bogota, May 22 (EFE).- The Colombian government partially suspended a ceasefire with a FARC dissident group on Monday after the murder of four indigenous minors who had been forcibly recruited by the rebels and tried to escape. The National Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (Opiac) reported the killings on Saturday. In a statement, the government said the “atrocious” killings called into question the Central General Staf…

Colombia suspends truce with armed leftists after killing of four Indigenous children

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced the suspension of a truce with leftist guerrillas in four flashpoint regions of the country. This decision comes in response to the killing of four Indigenous children by rebel forces. Petro declared that the bilateral ceasefire would be suspended, and all offensive operations would be reactivated in the Meta, Caqueta, Guaviare, and Putumayo regions.