Overview
- Late on Friday the new presidency issued nine presidential resolutions that formally closed several 'paz total' negotiation spaces and revoked government negotiators' credentials and group delegates' recognition.
- The resolutions name specific targets, including the Estado Mayor de los Bloques Magdalena Medio (EMBF), the Coordinadora Nacional Ejército Bolivariano (CNEB) and the Autodefensas Conquistadores de la Sierra Nevada (ACSN).
- The government justified the move by citing repeated incumplimientos and an absence of a real willingness to disarm or reintegrate, saying those failings made further talks impossible.
- Some negotiators contested the step as administratively unnecessary, with Armando Novoa saying officials had already submitted irrevocable resignations before the new administration took office.
- The decision marks a clear policy break from Gustavo Petro’s peace initiative and could lead to renewed arrests and a stronger military and judicial offensive in areas where transitional concentration zones had existed.