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Killing the wrong FARC chief at the wrong place at the wrong time
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and assassinated FARC member Alexander Parra. (Image: UN Photo)
by Adriaan Alsema October 26, 2019
Alexander Parra, who was assassinated in his reintegration site in Mesetas, Meta on Thursday, was not supposed to die for too many reasons. His death is almost certain to have serious consequences.
The former guerrilla’s powerful acquaintances
Parra was not just an exemplary reintegration chief in the FARC’s largest reintegration site, his fiance Luz Marina Giraldo is running in Sunday’s local elections. She was reportedly injured when a heavily armed death squad entered the site that is supposed to be protected by 12 armed guards.
Parra in January last year personally met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and in February met with Prince Haakon of Norway, who both will have a special interest in solving the murder of the integration chief they met personally.
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Duque sends top officials
The latest assassination in a supposedly protected site adds to crushing pressure on President Ivan Duque, whose far-right party opposed the peace process.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/the-wrong-farc-chief-at-the-wrong-place-and-the-wrong-time/
