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Colombian Attorney General’s Office withdraws arrest warrants against guerrillas with political status

Colombian Attorney General's Office withdraws arrest warrants against guerrillas with political status
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March 24 |

Colombia’s Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa, announced on Friday that the institution suspended the arrest warrants for five members of the FARC dissidence known as the Central General Staff, designated as representatives with political status of this armed group, by indication of President Gustavo Petro.

“In exercise of my legal and constitutional powers, I have suspended all the arrest warrants that President Gustavo Petro recognized in Resolution 038, as representatives with political status of the armed group self-styled Central General Staff of the FARC, dissidents of the Havana Peace Agreement, and who will integrate the mechanism of veeduría, monitoring and verification,” said Barbosa.

The decision will benefit Luis Carlos Pinilla Cortez, Renzo Alirio Martínez, Robinson de Jesús González, Ramiro Pinzón Novoa and Walter Freddy Ruiz Montaño.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the decision will be in force until June 30, 2023, “and will be communicated to Interpol and other authorities so that it is complied with immediately”.

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Barbosa emphasized that, in this way, he reiterates “the commitment of the Attorney General’s Office and the Attorney General of the Nation to achieve peace” and, he said, although he believes “in the idea of achieving reconciliation among Colombians”, he rejects “the idea of establishing peace processes and not submitting to justice with drug traffickers in Colombian territory”.

“We are friends of peace, but we are not friends of drug trafficking”, he added.

The prosecutor’s office had suspended arrest warrants against 19 leaders of the Central General Staff days ago, a decision that opened the door to the start of peace negotiations between the dissidents and the government of President Gustavo Petro, which is promoting negotiations with the armed groups to put an end to the armed conflict through its “total peace” initiative.

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