Former paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso, held in a jail in Atlanta (USA), sent a letter to President Gustavo Petro in which he showed his intention to “work for total peace” in Colombia.
Who was one of the most bloodthirsty paramilitaries in Colombia, asked the head of state, “a conversation to materialize this shared will to deliver a pacified and more humane Colombia to the new generations.”
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“What is the next step? I am ready to start a conversation with you, with the High Commissioner for Peace or with whomever you consider,” he added.
Similarly, in the document, Mancuso indicated that he wishes to be recognized as a peace broker, assuring that he has the ability to help stop the war in Colombian territory.
“My conviction and commitment to work from the institutional framework to achieve a definitive peace for Colombia remain intact. If we had the capacity and ways to wage such a frenetic and heartbreaking war, we also have the capacity, ways and experience to help stop it. In this sense Mr. President, I share with you the maxim that in any case the truth has to come first,” the letter indicates.
Finally, Mancuso referred to his safety and that of his family due to the facts that he has revealed and that affect different personalities in Colombia.
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“All my action since I led the negotiation with the Colombian State for the demobilization of the Self-Defense Forces, has been with the truth ahead, I have no straw, much less am I chasing properties,” he said.
“I have no fear, what I have had to say I have said at the expense of my safety and that of my family, and as a collection account, see where I am and the retaliation, revenge and persecution to which we have been subjected. Therefore, I have no impediment to assume the tasks that correspond to the shared goal of achieving total peace for Colombia,” he concluded.
