Israel Zúñiga replaces Iván Márquez in the Senate – Congreso – Política



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Last April, Luciano Marín, or Iván Márquez, badured that he would not take office as a Senator of the Republic.

What first appeared to be a burning decision, due to the investigation into drug trafficking that opened Jesus Santrich, was confirmed on Monday: Márquez will only be not in the Senate.

With the installation of the new Congress scheduled for next Friday, July 20, the company will have to call the next oath in the closed list that the Farc party had registered This is Israel Alberto Zuniga Iriarte, who will take the seat.

  Farc became a political party after their men laid down their weapons. However, there are dissidents in this guerrilla group who commit crimes.

Zúñiga Iriarte is responsible for the party's ethnic department.

Photo:

On Farc's Twitter page

As a guerrilla fighter, Zúñiga Iriarte had the alias of Benkos Biohó
He joined the former guerrilla in the mid-1990s (between 1994 and 1997).

He belonged to the front 34, block Efraín Guzmán, in which he was considered the political leader and the ideologue.
He was also at the General Staff

He is known for studying sociology in Barranquilla and was part of the Colombian Communist Clandestine Party (PC3).

His work area in exFarc was Chocó, where he led militias. In the armed group, he also developed skills in radio and cartography, among others

  Israel Alberto Zúñiga Iriarte

In his social networks, Zúñiga Iriarte has documented several meetings with communities.

Photo:

Taken from https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenkosBiohoFarc/

Precisamente to move in the department of Chocoano, had to do with the Bojayá mbadacre, which At the beginning of 2010, Zúñiga Iriarte was sentenced to 36 years and 6 months in prison by the First Criminal Court of the Quibdó Circuit

Political Activity [19659020] Israel Alberto is part of the National Political Council of Farc and is responsible for the Ethnic Department of the party.

He was placed in sixth place on the list in the Senate and that is why Márquez's seat comes back to him.

During the peace process in Havana, he actively participated and was part of the Farc Trading team.

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