A text appears from the FARC guerrilla leader Iván Márquez who was presumed dead

The leader of the dissidents of the FARC of the “Second Marquetalia”, “ivan marquez”, whom a media outlet declared dead a few weeks ago, reappears signing an extensive text entitled “Ideas for a continental vision” on a web page of the armed group.

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On July 6, the newscast CM& reported that Luciano Marin Arangogiven name of “ivan marquez”, who was the chief negotiator of 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 he suffered in July 2022 in Venezuela.

However, since then no official source -neither the Colombian Government nor that of Venezuelawhere he supposedly was marquezThey have confirmed his death.

This Monday, on a page linked to the FARC-EP an extensive text appeared that talks about “continental unity and the Bolivarian geopolitical strategy”.

“For two centuries we have suffered the tyranny of the oligarchies of the continent and the shackles of the new colonial slaveryespecially of the mind with which USA intends to plunder us and dominate us as a submissive herd”, reads the text.

beyond the signature ivan marquezthe text does not talk about the fact that he was left for dead, nor is it accompanied by any video or image of the ex-leader of the extinct guerrilla of the FARC.

The Colombian government has repeated on several occasions that it is verifying the alleged death, but that for the moment there is no confirmation. “(Death) was never verified, there is no death certificate, there was no day of burial,” explained the chancellor, Alvaro Leyva10 days ago.

In August 2019, almost three years after signing the peace “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”

Luciano Marin Arango68 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 14th Front of the FARCwhere he climbed positions until becoming part of the guerrilla leadership.

Source: Elcomercio

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