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November 7th, 2015 
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nsnbc : The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP) urged the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos to dismantle neo-paramilitary forces that were established after the demobilization of the AUC between 2003 and 2006. The FARC-EP’s call comes it has reached a volatile agreement with the Colombian government to concentrate its forces and to disarm by December 16 this year or January 1, 2016. A recent report documents that neo-paramilitaries are the primary human rights violators in the country.
The FARC-EP is currently reviewing the disarmament agreement that was reached with the Colombian government within the framework of the ongoing peace talks in the Cuban capital Havana. Both the FARC-EP leadership and President Juan Manuel Santos recently signaled their awareness about the fact that the concentration of the FARC-EP’s battle groups for disarmament poses a risk for both the FARC-EP and for the civilian population in FARC-controlled areas.
The disengagement process has been further complicated in a recent incident in which four FARC-EP guerrilla were killed by the Colombian military. The incident prompted the FARC-EP to state that the incident could threaten the FARC-EP’s unilaterally declared ceasefire until the bilateral ceasefire comes into effect.
A recently released report published by Colombia’s National Centre of Historic Memory underpins both President Santos and the FARC-EP’s security concerns.
The report, entitled “Paramilitary demobilization and reintegration. Post-agreement scenario with the AUC” notes that groups formed from the AUC while the paramilitary group was demobilizing between 2003 and 2006 have taken over their predecessors’ position as the primary violators of human rights now in Colombia, according to the government.
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe (agencies)
The report highlights both rivalries as well as nationwide alliances between neo-paramilitaries that were organized after the AUC’s demobilization and the neo-paramilitaries involvement in drug trafficking, extortion, and human rights violations including murder and massacres.
AUC successor groups include the far-right Urabeños. The organization is led by a former AUC paramilitary known as Otoniel. The Urabenos, for their part, blame the failure of the AUC’s demobilization and reintegration on the Colombian government. Reintegration was facilitated by the Colombian Agency for Reintegration.
The AUC’s demobilization was carried out under the Presidency of Alvaro Uribe. It is noteworthy that the resurgence of far-right paramilitary and a marked increase of murders committed by the Urabeños and allied paramilitaries coincides with the election defeat of Alvaro Uribe and his party, and the initiation of peace talks between the FARC-EP and the government in 2012.
President Juan Manuel Santos has repeatedly accused Alvaro Uribe of being involved with the neo-paramilitary. Santos was re-elected to the presidency in a tight race against Uribe protegé Oscar Ivan Zuluaga. Santos won the election with the direct and indirect support from Colombia’s political left, as a mandate for peace.
CH/L – nsnbc 07.11.2015
Source Article from http://nsnbc.me/2015/11/07/farc-urges-colombian-government-to-dismantle-neo-paramilitary-forces/
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