The leader of Colombia's former Farc rebels has called on the
government to stop the "systematic murder" of ex-fighters following two
killings.
In an open letter to President Iván Duque, Rodrigo
Londoño said the cases highlighted the lack of protection of Farc
members by authorities.
One ex-fighter was shot dead while working as a journalist and the other was killed after meeting a UN team.
President Duque has condemned the killings and ordered an investigation.
The
2016 peace deal between the government and the Farc put an end to more
than five decades of armed conflict, and resulted in about 7,000
ex-fighters laying down their weapons.
Since then, some 160
ex-fighters and their family members have been killed, the Farc said.
Previously known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Farc
is now a political party, the Revolutionary Alternative Common Force.
Anderson
Pérez Osorio, who worked as a journalist for a Farc-linked outlet, was
shot dead on Monday in the south-western department of Cauca while
Daniel Esterilla was killed as he left a meeting with the UN mission in
the south-western department of Nariño, the Farc said.
Rodrigo
Londoño - better known by his nom de guerre, "Timochenko" - said the
cases were the latest in "the long list of... state violations" of the
peace deal.
He called on political groups and the international
community to demand "immediate and effective measures from President
Duque... to put a definitive end to this bloodshed".
On Twitter,
Mr Duque - a vocal critic of the peace deal - said officials would hold
an emergency meeting to discuss and reinforce the protection measures,
and vowed that those responsible for crimes would be "severely
punished".
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Media captionIn Colombia an organisation is using football to try and promote peace in violent neighbourhoods.In January, the United Nations said most of the murders of former Farc rebels had been committed by illegal armed groups and drug gangs fighting over former Farc territories.
Since
the peace deal, Colombia's weak state apparatus has been unable to take
control of these isolated regions, according to the UN. Instead,
illegal armed groups have taken over and the security forces and
president are increasingly coming under fire for not stemming the
violence.
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