Former FARC leader in Colombia fails to show up in court in drug-trafficking case


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  • Wednesday, 10 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: A former commander of the Marxist FARC rebel group Seuxis Paucias Hernandez, known by his war alias as Jesus Santrich arrives at the court complex of Paloquemao in Bogota, Colombia May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A missing former FARC rebel commander-turned-lawmaker who helped negotiate Colombia's 2016 peace deal failed to show up in court on Tuesday to face questioning over U.S. drug-trafficking charges, a fresh blow to the landmark agreement.

The government of Colombian President Ivan Duque called for the Supreme Court of Justice to issue an immediate arrest warrant for Seuxis Paucias Hernandez, better known in Colombia by his war alias Jesus Santrich.

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