The government of Colombia and armed dissidents who broke off from what was once the nation's largest insurgency agreed to
The government of Colombia and armed dissidents who broke off from what was once the nation’s largest insurgency agreed to renew a ceasefire and join peace talks, the two sides announced Saturday.
A previous ceasefire ended in May after Petro accused the rebel faction of executing four children and teenagers from the Murui Indigenous community in southern Colombia. Delegates had been meeting since Thursday in the mountains of the southwest department of Cauca, in the first formal meeting between the government and the armed group, which profits from drug trafficking and illegal mining.
Colombia’s Amazon plays host to numerous armed groups fighting over access to drug routes and other illegal commerce.
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