Hypocrisy? Uribe offered FARC demilitarized zone for peace talks
Hypocrisy? Uribe offered FARC demilitarized zone for peace talks
Oct 5, 2014 posted by Adriaan Alsema
Former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe, who has accused his successor Juan Manuel Santos of “legitimizing terrorists” and “handing over the country” to rebel group FARC, in 2006 offered to demilitarize an area for talks and block the extradition of rebel leaders, documents leaked on Sunday showed.
The documents were released by Semana columnist Daniel Coronell, a long-time critic of the former President.
Uribe’s then-Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, now on the run from justice for faking the demobilization of a FARC unit days before the 2006 elections, was put in charge of the talks with the FARC.
However, Uribe was also personally involved in several meetings that were supposed to secure contact between the Presidential Palace and senior FARC commander Pablo Catatumbo, who is currently in Cuba taking part in peace talks with the Santos administration.
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Uribe has been a consistent critic of demilitarizing areas, claiming this would allow the FARC a military advantage.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/uribe-tried-peace-talks-farc-offered-demilitarized-zone/