Former Farc commanders say they are returning to war despite 2016 peace deal
by Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá from on (#4P6M8)
Men in YouTube video lambast the Colombian president, Ivin Duque, and his government for not keeping its end of the deal
Two former commanders of the demobilised Colombian rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Farc, have announced a that they are returning to war, nearly three years after a peace deal which sought to end South America's longest guerrilla conflict.
The two men, known by their aliases, Ivin Mirquez and Jesis Santrich, released a video to YouTube early on Thursday morning in which they lambasted president Ivin Duque and his government for not keeping its end of the deal, negotiated over four years of talks in Cuba.
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