Colombia's ex-FARC rebels march in Bogota over killings
02.11.2020
About 2,000 former FARC rebels have rallied in Bogota to protest against the murder of ex-combatants. Some 236 former rebels have been killed since the signing of a peace deal in 2016 that ended five decades of conflict.
Hundreds of demobilized former FARC guerrillas gathered in the Colombian capital's Bolivar Square on Sunday to demand the implementation of a 2016 peace deal and an end to killings of ex-combatants who laid down their arms.
Around 2,000 former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) marched into Bogota from different parts of the country, waving white and Colombian flags.
The march began in the southern town of Mesetas, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) away, on October 21, after the killing of two local ex-FARC combatants.
The delegation is demanding to meet with President Ivan Duque to urge him to stop the violence that has claimed the lives of 236 former rebels since the signing of a historic peace agreement with the Colombian government four years ago.
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