Colombia denounced the "number of decisions" of the planned ELN attack in Cuba

The President of Colombia, Iván Duque, denounced Tuesday that part of the planning for the terrorist attack perpetrated by the National Liberation Army had been made from Cuba.

"It's an act terrorist and a crime against humanity that was plannedfor months, with the participation and knowledge of The central command of this organization, which has and had members on the island of Cubaand that besides, it was there that he was actively participating in many of these decisions, "denounced the president.

"Our government, although I am president of Colombia, only accepts the protocol that the Cuban government must hand over to those responsible for this crime so that they can be brought to justice," said Mr. Duque during a meeting with the press after his death. meeting with the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Peace negotiations with ELN began under the chairmanship of Juan Manuel Santos, in February 2017 in Ecuador, and in May 2018 in Cuba, where the last round of dialogues ended on 3 August, four days before Duke's Possession as President.

After Duque asked Havana to deliver the ten ELN members who make up the delegation for peace, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied that it would act "in strict compliance with the protocols of dialogue of peace signed between the Government and the ELN, including Protocol in case of break of the negotiation ".

On Tuesday, Duque said the Colombian Attorney General had said that the protocols had no legally binding force and added that his country had received an institutional response reflected in the arrest warrants issued by the US Attorney General's Office. Attorney General. Nation, the red circulars of the interpol and the existence of an extradition treaty between Cuba and Colombia.

The Colombian president recalled that he had committed 432 acts of terrorism, more than 100 murders and more than 10 kidnappings, during the 17 months in which the ELN had negotiated with the previous presidency.

"If they have a real desire for peace, they must start by demanding the release of all the hostages and put an end to all the criminal acts," he said of the possible negotiations, while emphasizing that "those responsible for these despicable crimes humanity will have to comply with sanctions proportionate to those who became creditors of this behavior, which is other than the greatest degradation of the human being and the worst form of corruption. "

"We hope that these people will respond to Colombian judges for these crimes.It is not the status quo, but the respect of the Constitution and the law, as I had sworn on August 7 when I I took my office as President of the Republic, "he concluded.

With information from Martí News