Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspends a truce with leftist guerrillas in flashpoint regions following the killing of four Indigenous children by rebel group members
Petro, the first leftist president in Colombia's history, has opened talks with many of the country's armed groups, hoping to put an end to the violence. / Photo: AP Archive
Petro said on Monday the bilateral ceasefire"is suspended and all offensive operations are reactivated" in the Meta, Caqueta, Guaviare and Putumayo regions. Those four regions are a strong hold of FARC dissident guerrillas who refused to join a 2016 peace accord that saw most of the rebels lay down their arms and form a communist political party."The unilateral ceasefire will unleash war and the numbers of dead, injured and prisoners will multiply," the group said in a statement sent to media.
The front, which belongs to the Estado Mayor Central, was among the groups that adhered to a ceasefire proposed by the government several months ago and were set to begin new peace talks soon.
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