The former head of the Former Secretariat of the Farc, Pastor Alape, He couldn’t hold back his tears when he apologized to the thousands of people who were victims of kidnapping and forced disappearance in Colombia by the FARC.
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Alape He also apologized to the victims of the kidnapping who are not in the audience historical acknowledgment of the humiliations suffered by the people who remained in the power of the disappeared guerrilla.
“This is very powerful, because It’s like looking at ourselves in a mirror. It was what we condemned, we rejected from other armed actors and today we are finding our own truth,” said Alape.
Among the victims who did not attend the hearing and to whom he apologized is José Cardona, whom Alape guarded in captivity.
“I apologize to José Cardona who was kidnapped by the fourth front in 1983, who had to pay guard, “he said.
He continued in his speech assuring that “I also apologize to the Tamayo family because back in 1982, Argiro Tamayo, who was a friend of my mother, became prosperous and the Farc-EP ended up kidnapping him”.
However, Pastor Alape His voice cracked when he said that the FARC hit a bottom of degradation that had no return.
“I want to bring a case that has hit me the most because it told me, where are we going to get as an organization? (…) ”, her voice was cut off and she was silent.
The case of the poet Carranza, the brother of María Mercedes Carranza. It’s that we messed with art, with culture (…) ”, he affirmed.
Alape assured that his repentance is sincere and that he regrets the low level reached by the disappeared FARC guerrilla.
