This Tuesday, Noticias RCN revealed a new version of Luciano’s state of health Marin Arangoaliases Iván Márquez and maximum ringleader of the so-called Second Marquetalia.
The first versions indicated that the guerrilla leader had died in the middle in Venezuelan territory during a confrontation between criminal organizations to keep control of the illicit drug business.
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However, Noticias RCN indicated that it appeared “a new source informing the Colombian government from Venezuela that Iván Márquez could be alive and being treated in Caracas.”
Despite this version, the initial source confirms that the dissident would have died and Despite the conflicting versions, the authorities are still verifying.
So far, neither the Colombian nor the Venezuelan governments have referred to the future of the guerrilla leader, who decided to withdraw from the advanced peace agreement with the government of Juan Manuel Santos and return to arms.
The Colombian government has said on several occasions that Maduro protects in his country not only the FARC dissidents but also the commanders of the ELN guerrilla.
For his part, the Defense Minister Diego Molanoassured that recent information indicates that alias “Iván Márquez” “was looking to leave Venezuela.”
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Márquez was the head of the FARC negotiating team in the talks in Havana, which led to the signing of the peace agreement with that guerrilla, on November 24, 2016. But, In August 2019, Márquez abandoned the peace agreement and, together with other commanders of the former guerrilla, took up arms again, alleging that the Colombian government was not complying with the agreement.
