By The Daily Journalist.
“I have ordered the armed forces to lift the suspension order related with the bombing of FARC camps until further notice,” said Santos today at the end of an extraordinary security council headed in the city of Cali, about 50 kilometers away from the the attack, after news that the guerrillas had killed 11 soldiers and left 17 soldiers wounded. And also ordered to deploy offensive to protect civilians actions. “We know the authors of this act,” he said.
Wednesday was a dark day for the peace process between the FARC and the Colombian government. Guerrillas killed eleven soldiers and wounded 18 at 11:00 Tuesday night in the La Esperanza, village of Timba, northern Cauca department located in the north of the country.
The slaughter perpetrated with grenades, explosive devices and firearms while the military took a vital community center, was not enough for President Juan Manuel Santos who ordered on his negotiators to leave the table for dialogue and break down progress between the parties that agreed with trading in the midst of war.
This unfortunate fact that mourns the country, has led the opposition to the peace talks to reaffirm that subversion does not want a real reconciliation agreement.
General Mario Valencia, commander of the Third Army Division confirmed that his men were attacked with grenades, explosive devices and firearms by guerrillas of the mobile column Miller Perdomo FARC. The facts are presented in a time when guerrilla negotiators from Havana, had declared a unilateral ceasefire from December 20. In return they received a promise from Santos to suspend bombing against him in jungle regions Government.
From Cuba, the FARC did not stay still. They waylaid a swath of criticism from Colombian opponents that asked the government to end the talks. With the subversion its believed that the death of the 11 soldiers arises from the inconsistency of government “that is commanding military operations against guerrilla truce”. The guerrilla leader Felix Antonio Muñoz (alias Pastor Alape ‘) gave a statement that they have not slept well with some Colombians. “Sea ambush, contraemboscada, assault, we have to look at is that there are dead Colombians and what to stop.” And proposes an urgent bilateral cease fire.
However, those who know Santos said they will not accept them a bilateral ceasefire. Conversely, authorize again to advance military forces to continue bombing any emerging security threats. You do not want to overlook this fact, especially when thousands of Colombians in social networks are obfuscated with the performance of a guerrilla group that speaks of peace, but then resumes to murder.
The country is polarized. Ten killed by the FARC gave an opportunity to the opposition to attack Santos and his controversial peace process. “Santos do not deceive us please do not justify the murder of our soldiers with the story of the” war who wants to end “,” former President and now Senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez, principal gainsaying of social network said in his Twitter after the guerrilla attack.
In the department of Cauca, battlefield guerrilla of several decades, continue to care for the wounded as victims mourn their dead soldiers, the country is still shocked -because several months the FARC were not protagonists of a slaughter of this magnitude-as President Juan Manuel Santos expressed solidarity with the victims and headed batteries to show the country that he was not daunted subversion, but neither will he cast out an overboard retaliation process.
