Colombia suspends truce with major rebel group in flashpoint regions
- Colombia's government has suspended a national ceasefire with the Estado Mayor Central armed group in some provinces following the killing of four Indigenous teenagers.
- The EMC was founded by dissident former members of the FARC rebels who reject the 2016 peace deal signed by that group.
- The move is the latest setback in President Gustavo Petro's efforts to make peace or surrender deals with armed groups to end Colombia's six-decade conflict and achieve "total peace" in the country.
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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…
Colombia: Petro suspends the truce with the main FARC dissident after the murder of four minors
BOGOTÁ.- El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, suspendió este lunes parcialmente la tregua con el denominado Estado Mayor Central (EMC), el principal grupo de disidentes de la guerrilla FARC, en cuatro de las regiones más conflictivas del país tras el asesinato de cuatro menores de edad indígenas por parte de los rebeldes y ordenó reactivar las operaciones militares ofensivas contra ese grupo armado.“Se informa que el cese bilateral que habí…
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.
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