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The Government of Colombia The ceasefire ended on Tuesday with the dissidence by Néstor Vera Fernández, alias ‘Ivan Bite’. The announcement was made by the Minister of Defense, Ivan Velasquez.
This cease-fire does not apply to other structures and fronts of the Central General Staff (EMC) of the FARC. This shows the division that exists within of the armed group itself.
Velasquez on behalf of the Government of Colombia He ordered the Army and the Police to attack the three fronts led by ‘Mordisco’. In that order, he considers that they have not been fulfilling the commitments acquired within the framework of the peace negotiations.
The fronts at the command of ‘Ivan Bite’ “They have distanced themselves from the generous offer that the National Government had maintained in the search for peace,” lamented Velásquez.
Colombian government’s fight with dissidents
The minister asked to “reactivate all the operations offensives across the country against this network.” Their network is present above all in Cauca, Cauca Valley and Nariño.
Velásquez acknowledged that among the main motivations of the Government of Colombia There is the persistence of these groups with extortions such as form of financing.
This is also one of the points of concern at the negotiating table. Also the murders of social and peasant leaders, who have already joined the the peace agreements.
In total, there are around twenty private structures in this truce after the government broke it due to attacks against social leaders.
With whom the bilateral ceasefire will be maintained Government of Colombia, At least until October, it will be with the structures led by Alexander Díaz Mendoza, alias ‘Calarcá’, led by the Jorge Briceño and Gentil Duarte blocks and the Raúl Reyes front.
Divisions within the EMC of the FARC were made clear once again when the Colombian government confirmed in mid-April the departure of ‘Ivan Bite’ from the negotiating table.
The blocks with which it has decided to extend the truce for another three months continue.
Unlike other dissident groups, the EMC is made up of those who never joined the 2016 Havana agreements with the Government of Colombia.