Paramilitary successors ‘regret’ rejection of Colombia peace process, ask for inclusion
Paramilitary successors ‘regret’ rejection of Colombia peace process, ask for inclusion
written by Adriaan Alsema October 9, 2016
Colombia’s largest paramilitary successor group AGC, a.k.a. “Los Urabeños,” has said it regrets the suspension of an ongoing peace process with FARC rebels and reiterated its request to be included in the process.
The AGC, or Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, is the country’s largest armed group in Colombia after the FARC and the most powerful drug trafficking group in the country.
The group’s “political team” said in an editorial on its website that it has intentionally laid low in the weeks ahead of the vote, in spite of their expressed support for the peace process with the FARC in the months before the campaign preceding the referendum that stopped the process in its tracks.
The group said to regret the outcome of the referendum “because we are aware of the tremendous damage done to the institutionality of the country.”
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http://colombiareports.com/paramilitary-successors-regret-rejection-colombia-peace-process-ask-inclusion/
