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Bogata, Nov 3 (EFE).- Former FARC guerrillas held a cultural day and business fair Tuesday in Bogota’s Plaza de Bolivar, expressing their rejection of violence that has claimed the lives of 236 of them since the peace agreement was signed in November 2016.Ex-guerrillas gathered in the eve at the square dressed in white and with flags with the inscription "For life, for peace," as well as with posters with which they remembered those who have died and asked for guarantees for their reinstatement.On a platform located a few meters from the entrance of the country’s Capitol, members of the Common Revolutionary Alternative Force (FARC) hung another sign in which they told Colombian President Ivan Duque "We did not sign the peace to be assassinated." (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: A CULTURAL DAY AND BUSINESS FAIR IN PLAZA DE BOLIVAR, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Bogota, Oct 31 (EFE).- Hundreds of former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) militants who began a march days ago from the several Colombian cities on Saturday arrived in the capital Bogota for a protest against the violence that has claimed the lives of about 234 of the ex-rebels since the peace deal came into force.Some wore white T-shirts that read "For life, for peace," while others waved white and Colombian flags.The march was organized following the death of two former combatants: Juan de Jesus Monroy, a reincorporation leader in Meta, and his bodyguard, Luis Alexander Largo, who were gunned down on Oct. 16 near Mesetas, according to FARC. (Camera: LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA). SHOT LIST: FORMER FARC MILITANTS WHO JOIN 'MARCH FOR LIFE AND PEACE' ARRIVE BOGOTA IN REJECTION OF THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS COST THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 230 OF FORMER FARC REBELS, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Medellin, Oct 29 (EFE).- Hundreds of former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) militants on Thursday began a march from the Colombian city of Medellin to the capital Bogota to join a protest against the violence that has claimed the lives of about 234 of the ex-rebels since the peace deal came into force.Some wore white T-shirts that read "For life, for peace," while others waved white and Colombian flags at the beginning of their journey of more than 400 kilometers, which is expected to take days. (Camera: LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA). SHOT LIST: 'MARCH FOR LIFE AND PEACE', WHICH WILL GO FROM MEDELLIN TO BOGOTA IN REJECTION OF THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS COST THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 230 OF FORMER FARC REBELS, IN MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA.
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