BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and the Segunda Marquetalia armed group said in a joint statement on Wednesday they will begin peace talks on June 24 in Caracas, Venezuela.
Segunda Marquetalia is a dissident faction of the now-demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Its leaders initially agreed to a 2016 peace deal that saw the FARC demobilize, but returned to arms citing unfulfilled promises in 2019.
The government and Segunda Marquetalia agreed to start a peace process in February.
(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta; Writing by Julia Symmes Cobb)
