President Iván Duque
BOGOTA, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s president has vowed to hunt down Farc rebel commanders who have called on followers to take up arms after three years of peace.
President Iván Duque offered $882,000 for the capture of each of the rebels who appeared in a video with former Farc commander Iván Márquez.
He was one of the main negotiators of the 2016 peace deal, which ended 50 years of conflict.
But now the former commander has accused the government of “betrayal”.
“In two years, more than 500 social leaders have been killed and 150 guerrilla fighters are dead amidst the indifference and the indolence of the state,” Ivan Márquez says in the 30-minute video, referring to the high number of activists and former Farc members killed since President Duque took office.
But President Duque hit back later on Thursday, accusing the rebels of being “narco-terrorists who have the shelter and support of the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro”, president of neighbouring Venezuela. — NNN-AGENCIES
