Colombia decree suspends ceasefire with EMC armed group in three areas


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  • Monday, 18 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a demonstration of planes donated by the United States to the Colombian Police to extinguish fires, at the Police Aviation School in Mariquita, Colombia February 14, 2024. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia will suspend its months-long ceasefire with the Estado Mayor Central (ECM) armed group in three provinces on Wednesday, a government decree said on Sunday, citing incidents of violence that broke the ceasefire.

The EMC - founded by former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels who reject the 2016 peace deal signed by that group - began talks with President Gustavo Petro's government last year, in a bid to end its part in Colombia's 60 years of war.

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