Thursday, January 21, 2016

Colombie: 16 guérilleros des Farc libérés dans le cadre du processus de paix

Seize guérilleros des Farc ont été libérés pour la première fois dans le cadre du processus de paix négocié avec le gouvernement colombien, a-t-on annoncé jeudi de source officielle.

"C'est un premier geste unilatéral du gouvernement après avoir évalué le respect du cessez-le-feu unilatéral par les Farc (Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie - marxiste), la diminution de la violence qui en découle et les avancées du processus", a annoncé le bureau du Haut commissaire pour la paix dans un communiqué.

"Le bureau du Haut commissaire pour la paix informe que 16 des 30 personnes que le gouvernement a décidé de gracier le 22 novembre dernier sont à présent en liberté", précise le texte.

Selon la même source, parmi ces 16 guérilleros des Farc, "neuf sont sortis de la prison La Picota et sept femmes sont sorties de la prison El Buen Pastor, de Bogota"...
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  1. Colombia frees first FARC rebels under peace process...

    Colombia said Thursday it has freed 16 FARC guerrillas pardoned in peace negotiations with the leftist rebels, as the two sides move toward a deal to end their half-century conflict.

    The jailed rebels, the first out of a group of 30 to be pardoned, were released in a goodwill gesture to reciprocate for the FARC's unilateral ceasefire, which has fostered "a reduction in violence and advances in the (peace) process," said the office of the government's high commissioner for peace.

    The unilateral ceasefire has fostered "a reduction in violence and advances in the (peace) process," it said in a statement.

    The jailed guerrillas were serving prison terms for rebellion. President Juan Manuel Santos's government pardoned them on November 22.

    Under the terms of their release, the rebels -- nine men and seven women freed from two Bogota prisons -- must promise not to re-enter the FARC.

    The FARC welcomed the move as a "positive gesture," but called on the government to also free 80 other rebels with health problems........http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/100016-160121-colombia-frees-first-farc-rebels-under-peace-process

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