The self-proclaimed Border Commands and the Pacific Guerrilla Coordinationdissidents of the former guerrilla of the FARCannounced this Wednesday their split from the Second Marquetaliaarmed group led by ‘Iván Márquez’and his intention to continue negotiating peace with the Colombian Government.
In a statement, these two groups indicated that the recent statements by ‘Iván Márquez’ are “a clear break with the coordination and unity mechanism“in the way of”search for peace, changes in the territories and reconciliation of Colombians“.
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Over the weekend, a letter from the head of the Second Marquetalia to the guarantor countries of the peace dialogues in which he was unaware of the negotiation process, predicting a separation of the armed group.
Second Marquetalia
“Decision that we respect, but we do not share. Peace, democratic changes and the reconciliation of peoples cannot revolve around a person or people. Peace is not the private or exclusive property of some; Peace belongs to the communities, which have suffered exclusion and abandonment by the State for decades.“they indicated in the statement.
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In this sense, they reaffirmed their intention to “continue the journey along the path to peace“.
“We distance ourselves from the name of the Second Marquetalia and, from now on, we will not use this acronym“, they concluded.
The Border Commands and the Pacific Guerrilla Coordination announce a break with alias Iván Márquez. They say that they will no longer use the name of the Second Marquetalia but they ask the Government to continue with the peace negotiations pic.twitter.com/KSuPPcJMip
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‘Iván Márquez’, who has survived several attacks and attacks, both when he was a member of the FARC and when he left the peace process and returned to hiding in the Second Marquetalia, He has been presumed dead on several occasions, although all of them have turned out to be false.
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These negotiations are the third peace process undertaken by the Government of Gustavo Petroafter those initiated with the guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Staff Central (EMC)the main dissident group of the FARC.
EFE
