Divisions Among Colombia's FARC Dissidents Complicate Peace Talks

Nestor Gregorio Vera, alias Ivan Mordisco, had been considered the EMC's top commander when it was announced that he would no longer participate in Colombia's peace talks (Credit: AFP)

One of Colombia's most powerful guerrilla groups has suffered an internal rupture expected to further complicate the country's troubled peace process.

The Central General Staff (EMC) is made up of thousands of rebels who refused to join in when the Marxist guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), signed a 2016 peace deal with the government.