Right-wing
paramilitary forces continue to operate throughout Colombia,
inflicting terror on social and political movements, as well as the
civilian population.
Paramilitary
groups have sent death threats to members of Colombia's ex-guerrilla
group FARC, now converted into a legal political party, in the
south-western region of the country, FARC leaders report.
Representatives
of the FARC National Political Council reproduced on social media
Tuesday the pamphlet that circulated in Cali, capital of the
department of Cauca, signed by the paramilitary group Self-Defense
Gaitanistas of Colombia (ACG).
"We
will bomb all these headquarters you use as a facade so you can carry
out your criminal activities," reads the pamphlet. "We
are announcing more deaths… No one believes in this peace tale…
We will assassinate every single one of you."
The
same day, FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño called on the Colombian
government to deploy all institutional means available to eliminate
such groups.
While
the peace process in Colombia has been welcomed by broad sections of
society, the demobilization of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia has prompted paramilitary groups to swarm the rural regions
vacated by the former rebels.
In
June, the FARC handed in the last of its weapons to United Nations
officials, effectively ending 53 years of war with the state while
exposing its members to violence by other paramilitary operatives.
Meanwhile,
the government's lack of commitment to security protocols established
in the peace accord have contributed to the resurgence of a "dirty
war" waged by the ultra-right.
Since
the demobilization process began, many former rebels have been
assassinated by paramilitary forces, raising concerns that the
violence inflicted on the Patriotic Union party during the 1980s and
'90s could be repeated.
Juan
Manuel Santos' government has denied the existence of paramilitary
groups in the country, despite repeated warnings by the United
Nations.
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