Colombia: Agreement on general release kidnapped by FARC

Bogota and the FARC reached an agreement yesterday for the release of General Ruben Alzate. The senior captured by the guerrillas was abducted Sunday with two other members of the military. Furious, the Colombian government had suspended the peace process in Havana, there are two years. A process in which the Cuban diplomat Rodolfo Benitez plays mediators. It was he who announced the imminent release tonight of these people considered prisoners of war by the FARC.

According to the peace process, the guerrillas have pledged not to remove civilians in exchange for ransom. Thanks to the mediation efforts of Norway, but also and especially Cuba, Colombian negotiators therefore announced their return to the discussion table in Havana, when the hostages would be released.