Rebel Group Proposes Cease-Fire, Amnesty
Colombia’s second-largest rebel army proposed a bilateral cease-fire, amnesty for political prisoners and other measures that it said could allow for future peace talks with the government.
Speaking in Congress under heavy guard, the spokesman of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, also appeared to accept Mexico’s offer to monitor negotiations aimed at ending the 5,000-member group’s participation in a four-decade-long war.
The spokesman, Francisco Galan, was freed from prison for the day to discuss possible peace talks.
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