More than 500 signatories were murdered and 36% of the country is on alert: Colombia after 10 years of the peace agreement The Colombian Ombudsman's office published this Wednesday, November 11, its assessment of the implementation of the historic agreements signed between the government and the extinct FARC guerrillas, a decade after their signing. Despite some progress, the entity warns of the "very challenging" context of violence in the country, with more than a third of its territory threatened by the actions of illegal armed groups. Moreover, in ten years, 521 former guerrillas and 1,743 human rights defenders were murdered.

More than 500 signatories were murdered and 36% of the country is on alert: Colombia after 10 years of the peace agreement The Colombian Ombudsman's office published this Wednesday, November 11, its assessment of the implementation of the historic agreements signed between the government and the extinct FARC guerrillas, a decade after their signing. Despite some progress, the entity warns of the "very challenging" context of violence in the country, with more than a third of its territory threatened by the actions of illegal armed groups. Moreover, in ten years, 521 former guerrillas and 1,743 human rights defenders were murdered.