It's hard to believe, but Colombia might be lying about FARC again

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By Staff Writers, teleSUR
Sunday, Apr 19, 2015

An investigation by the Broad Front for Peace Thursday revealed that witness statements sharply contradict the official version of events being put forward by the military forces of Colombia.

A delegation from the Broad Front for Peace visited residents who live in the area where a clash between government forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) earlier this week left 11 government soldiers and two guerrillas dead.

Cristian Delgado, a member of the verification team that traveled to the rural area of Colombia, told Contagio Radio that the witnesses he spoke to said that there had been a lengthy gun battle, contradicting army claims that they had been ambushed and could not respond to the attack.

The verification team spoke to 300 residents in the area who said that at approximately 11:30 p.m. an explosion was heard, which was followed by an exchange of gunfire that lasted until approximately 6 a.m. Delgado said that the team was unable to determine what triggered the first explosion nor who was responsible for the explosion.

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Leftist groups in Colombia created Broad Front for Peace
6 junio, 2014

Parties, social activists and other personalities of the Colombian left Thursday constituted the Broad Front for Peace in defense of the government develops process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

The members of this platform to the country reiterated the importance of voting on June 15 by the peace proposal advanced by the president-candidate Juan Manuel Santos.

Iván Cepeda, a senator from the Democratic Pole, said the alliance will join forces to save the peace negotiations with the insurgent group in the second term of Santos. “President Santos has led a process in Havana that has been successful. And we believe it is necessary to endorse in the polls that management support has been done, we do not believe in the siren coming because of Uribe’s electoral intentions, “Cepeda said.

The movement gathered in an auditorium hundreds of leftist, social democratic organizations, liberals and socialists who joined their voices to reaffirm that the talks will safeguard shouting shouting “You shall not pass”. “We do not snatch this new opportunity for peace,” said Angela Maria Robledo, representative to the Alliance for the Green House, referring to the intentions of the candidate for Oscar Ivan Zuluaga Democratic Centre regarding this process.The Broad Front for Peace was led by activists of the Progressive movement of Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro, in order to support the Santos campaign, but also to deepen the social reforms of the country as narrow according to the peasant sector.

http://lainfo.es/en/2014/06/06/leftist-groups-in-colombia-created-broad-front-for-peace/

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