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Former FARC member killed in armed attack in Colombia's Meta region

306 FARC members killed since peace agreement between gov't and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia was signed in 2016

Sinan Doğan  | 19.04.2022 - Update : 19.04.2022
Former FARC member killed in armed attack in Colombia's Meta region File Photo

BOGOTA, Colombia

A former member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was killed on early Tuesday in an armed attack in the Meta administrative region.

In a statement, the head of FARC Rodrigo Londono condemned the murder of former member Yolima Perez Olaya.

He called on the government to stop the killings.

The country's Special Jurisdiction for Peace reported that 306 former FARC members, including 11 women, have been killed since the signing of a peace agreement between the FARC and the government in November 2016.

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