UN protests ex-rebels’ murders

United Nations – The deteriorating security situation in Colombia represents a “considerable challenge” to the country’s 2016 peace accords, the UN said on Thursday.

But the Colombian government and institutions “should make better use of the mechanisms created by the agreement, said Carlos Ruiz Massieu of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia.

Among these is the protection of ex-combatants who laid down their arms, he said, as at least 296 of them have been killed by gangs. –