“We are not certain of the death in Venezuela of the guerrilla leader Iván Márquez,” reiterates the Colombian government

He Government Colombian reiterated that it has not yet been able to verify the alleged death of “ivan marquez”, top leader of the Second Marquetaliaone of the dissidences of the FARCand that they know that three days ago he was alive.

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“Verifications have not yet allowed us to prove (his death). You have seen contradictory versions that have been presented publicly. We do not want to compromise an opinion because we are not sure that ‘Iván Márquez’ has died”, assured this Friday to the media the Defense Minister, Ivan Velasquezfrom the city of good luckin the Colombian Pacific.

These statements are in line with those he made on Thursday night, when the newscast CM& reported that Márquez, who was the chief negotiator for the FARC In the dialogues that led to the signing of the peace agreement in November 2016, he died as a result of the serious injuries suffered in an attack on him in July of last year in Venezuela.

In this sense, the minister indicated that the Colombian security forces They are working on verification and asked for prudence until “that there be a verification so that we can speak properly”.

For his part, the high commissioner for peace, Danilo Ruedaalso from good luck assured that at the momentunknown” the state of ivan marquez and what should be the Second Marquetaliadissidence that the guerrilla leader formed when he left the peace agreement, the one that “manifests publicly.”

“We do not know the life situation in which he is Luciano Marín or ‘Iván Máquez’What we can say is that we met him healthy, lucid and we don’t know what has happened these days”Rueda assured the media, who added: “We can say that he was alive a few days ago, from then on I don’t know what happened.”

In an interview with Snail Radiothe high commissioner specified that he is aware that he was alive just 3 days ago and “he was in good health”.

And also that they have asked the Venezuelan governmentbecause it is in that country where he was supposedly recovering from the attack, but that the neighboring country does not have confirmation of the death either.

In August 2019, almost three years after signing the peace, Luciano Marin Arangoalias “ivan marquez”, which was also number two of the FARCannounced that he was taking up arms at the head of a dissidence called Second Marquetaliareferring to the place of birth of the FARC more than half a century ago, due to alleged breaches by the Government of the agreement.

Last year his alleged death was reported in an attack perpetrated by another armed group with which the Second Marquetalia The Colombian-Venezuelan border was disputed, where the groups hide, and the illicit businesses that circulate there.

However, this dissidence blamed the attack on the Colombian security forces and denied the death, and last September the Colombian government confirmed that marquez was alive but “sick, convalescing”.

Marín Arango, 68 years old, was born on June 16, 1955 in Florencecapital of the southern department of caquetaand his record indicates that in the early 1980s he was linked to the front 14 of the FARCwhere he climbed positions until becoming part of the guerrilla leadership.

Source: Elcomercio

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