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Stop the 'tricks' and implement the peace we agreed, Farc fighters tell Bogota
DEMOBBED national liberation fighters are demanding the Colombian government end its “tricks” and implement a year-old peace deal.
Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (Farc) leader Ivan Marquez called the government’s failure to implement the landmark peace accords a “swindle.”
Speaking at a press conference in Bogota on Wednesday, he urged President Juan Manuel Santos to take the “necessary decisions so that the commitments materialise.”
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