“I condemn the bombing that killed 8 policemen in Huila (department). . . These moves obviously imply a sabotage of peace,” Petro said on Twitter. It is not yet known who the attacks were, but local media report that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army, a guerrilla group, operate in the area.
Petro, 62, took the presidential oath and was sworn in in a rite in the Plaza Bolivar of Bogota, Colombia’s capital, on Aug. 7. A former guerrilla and former mayor of Bogotá, he is the first leftist leader in Colombia’s fashionable history. He promised to solve the challenge of poverty and redistribute the tax burden among the richest inhabitants, as well as to have interaction in the discussion with the guerrillas. The Petro government introduced in Cuba a negotiation procedure with representatives of the National Liberation Army, a guerrilla organization. concerned about the continuation of the Colombian conflict.
Following Petro’s swearing-in, Colombia’s largest drug trafficking gang, the Clan del Golfo, also known as the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, announced a unilateral cessation of offensive hostilities as a sign of goodwill toward the new government. and determination to join the peace process.
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