Total Peace reaches landmark as armed group relinquishes weapons for first time - justice for colombia

Far from being total, President Gustavo Petro’s peace policy has left frustrations and new episodes of violence shaking regions such as Catatumbo or Cauca. Despite the obvious failure of an ambitious project, it is worth highlighting what has been achieved. It is a relief for an important area of the department of Nariño the agreement reached with the Southern Communes group, a dissidence of the ELN with presence in several municipalities of tha…

In Pasto, in the south of Colombia, 85 kilometers from the international bridge of Rumichaca, which links with the province of Carchi, on the side of Ecuador, a new window was opened for the peace process, to which the neighboring country is betting.

This weekend, in Nariño, the first weapon drop and weapons destruction of an armed group was made within total peace. “I order Captain Victor Paz to proceed with the destruction of the war material of the Southern Communist Front of the National Liberation Army,” said President Gustavo Petro, in Pasto. The order was to destroy almost 600 explosive devices manufactured by this dissidence of the ELN that negotiates with the government directly sin…

Total Peace reaches landmark as armed group relinquishes weapons for first time - justice for colombia

The flagship Total Peace policy of Colombia’s progressive government has seen the voluntary relinquishing of weapons by an armed group, the first time such an action has taken place since the government enacted its strategy of pursuing conflict resolution through dialogue in 2022. The Comuneros del Sur has been in talks with the government since it fractured from the National Liberation Army (ELN) in May last year, with the Petro administration’…