FARC asks for Jimmy Carter to investigate land grab

The FARC insisted on a “high level commission to clarify the truth” about the alleged theft of large expanses of land from the Colombian people by the left-wing guerrillas, suggesting former President Jimmy Carter participate.

Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, have rejected a government accusation over the theft of almost 2,000 square miles of land in Caguan in the Chaqueta department of central Colombia.

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Marquez called for an integrated commission with representatives from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Colombian government, farmers, FARC delegates, and Jimmy Carter.

Carter came to Bogota in January to assess the ongoing peace talks. Juan Manuel Santos

Jimmy Carter to assess Colombia peace talks

Contrary to numerous reports of the guerrillas operating almost carte blanche in large swaths of Colombia and 

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