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Colombia Peace Talks With Rebels Collapse
Thursday, January 10, 2002
By Jose Ramos
l'Agence France-Presse

Government Peace Commissioner Camilo Gomez said he would depart for Bogota immediately to brief President Andres Pastrana.

BOGOTA -- AFP
The Colombian government on Wednesday halted peace talks with the country's largest rebel group, putting three years of bumpy talks aimed at ending the country's nearly four decade-old civil war on hold.

Colombia's armed forces were immediately placed on maximum alert across the country to prevent possible rebel attacks.

After several rounds of talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the last days, the government "understands that this insurgent group is not continuing in the peace process," government Peace Commissioner Camilo Gomez announced, speaking from within a rebel-controlled zone in southern Colombia.
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