Armed Conflict
After 13 years of waiting, the body of Martín Emilio García Fuentes was delivered to his family in Puerto Lleras, Meta. Identified in 2012, it remained unclaimed in a Neiva cemetery until a recent humanitarian intervention. The intimate ceremony closed a painful chapter of the armed conflict.
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President Gustavo Petro stated that the rise in violence in Colombia originated from the failure to implement the National Integral Program for the Substitution of Illicit Crops (PNIS) during Iván Duque's government. In a speech, he lamented the deaths of minors in military bombings and criticized the recruitment of children by FARC dissidents. Petro announced he will denounce the dissident leader to the International Criminal Court.