Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Sunday the suspension of a ceasefire with a dissident armed group known as Estado Mayor Central, following an attack on an Indigenous community. The group, which split from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in 2016, violated the truce by carrying out an assault in the war-torn western region of Cauca.
Indigenous leaders reported that the attack resulted in injuries to at least three individuals, with a young student being forcibly taken away. President Petro expressed his disappointment in the group's actions, accusing them of using peace negotiations as a guise to bolster their military strength.
