The Attorney General of the Nation, Francis Barbosa announced that they were all arrest and extradition warrants suspended that are in force against the members of the peace negotiating delegation of the ELN.
“I have formed resolution number 00666 of August 22, 2022, in which it is ordered suspend for three months each and every one of the arrest warrants that have been issued or are issued against: Nicolás Rodríguez Bautista, Pablo Beltrán, Aurelio Carbonel, Gustavo Martínez, Silvana Guerrero, Alirio Sepúlveda, Isabel Torres, María Consuelo Tapias, Tomás García Laviana, Óscar Serrano and Vivían Henao, who have been recognized by the government as the ELN negotiators”, the official announced.
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Likewise, The prosecutor ordered the communication of this resolution to the authorities of Judicial police, national and international authorities, including Interpol.
This measure was taken by order of President Gustavo Petro, to facilitate the reestablishment of peace talks with the leadership of that guerrilla, which is currently in Cuba.
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“By decree I have authorized reinstate the protocols, allow negotiators again, allow them to reconnect with their organization, suspend arrest warrants for those negotiators, suspend extradition orders for those negotiators, so that a dialogue with the National Liberation Army begins,” the president had announced from San Pablo, Bolívar.
