The new FARC party has expressed outrage at Iván Márquez’s return to fighting
COLOMBIA ENDED its 52-year-long war against the FARC guerrilla group in November 2016, when the country’s then-president, Juan Manuel Santos, signed a treaty with the rebels’ leader, Timoleón Jiménez, using a pen made from a bullet. More than 200,000 people died during the conflict, and some 6m were displaced. On August 29th this year Colombians woke up to news that seemed to threaten a return to war.
Mr Márquez was among the lead negotiators of the peace deal for the FARC. But he distanced himself from the agreement after a renegotiation, which took place when Colombian voters rejected the first version in a referendum.
Still, Mr Márquez’s reconstituted force can cause trouble. About 2,000 FARC dissidents rejected the peace deal. They have formed loosely organised armed groups that operate mainly in southern Colombia, where they concentrate on trafficking drugs. Some will no doubt rally to Mr Márquez, who is respected by rank-and-file guerrillas. Among his companions in Puerto Inirida were two of the FARC’s most ferocious commanders, known as El Paisa and Romaña.
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