The U.N. special envoy for Colombia said Thursday that “there are good reasons for optimism” about the country’s incoming left-leaning administration, but he warned that violence targeted at former combatants remains a chief obstacle to consolidating peace.
Carlos Ruiz Massieu told the U.N. Security Council that four former combatants were killed in just the last two weeks, bringing the total number of killings of ex-fighters to 331 since the 2016 signing of a peace agreement between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
