“They will not be in arms”: negotiator with Front 33 on concentration in Catatumbo

Last weekend, the government of Gustavo Petro announced that the members of Front 33, of Farc’s faction of dissidents of alias “Calarcá”, are going to concentrate in a rural area of the municipality of Tibú, in the region of Catatumbo (North of Santander). This front is led by “John Mechas”, the commander who launched the attack on former president Iván Duque. Gloria Quiceno, a delegate of the government in the peace process with this faction of…

DOBLE LLAVE – Colombia’s People’s Defender, Iris Marin, called the government’s announcement that it will be installed in Tibu, in the Catatumbo region, a Temporary Location Zone (ZUT) of Front 33 of the FARC’s dissidences, with which the government has peace negotiations, but warned of the risks of taking that step. “We have serious concerns that we believe should be taken care of because, as is known, this concentration would be unarmed in an …

The persistent conflict on the Colombian-Venezuelan border between the ELN guerrillas and FARC dissidents accumulates 117 homicides and nearly 65,000 displaced persons so far this year, the Ombudsman’s Office reported on Tuesday. Since January 16, the National Liberation Army (ELN) has been facing blood and fire against [...] The entry Guerrilla conflict for control of Catatumbo leaves 117 dead this year was first published in Foco Informativa.