Colombia suspends ceasefire with rebel groups following violence.

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Colombia suspends ceasefire with rebel groups following violence.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a ceasefire with the dissident Farc rebel group EMC-Farc in the four regions where it is most active, following the killing of four indigenous teenagers by the group. The EMC-Farc is a splinter group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and is made up of left-wing rebels who refused to lay down their arms when the Farc leadership signed a peace deal in 2016. Indigenous groups have borne the brunt of Colombia's armed conflict, with many of their children abducted or lured away to fight for armed groups.

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