Colombia: Gov't to Intensify Offensive against FARC

2015-06-15 0

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the military to intensify its offensive against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). He also rejected the rebels' proposal for a bilateral ceasefire, saying that such a truce would only result from the adoption of a peace agreement. Meanwhile, it was reported on Sunday that the Colombian army killed Jose Amin Hernandez, commander of the National Liberation Army, the country's second largest guerrilla organization, during fighting in the northwestern province of Antioquia. teleSUR