translated from Spanish: FARC: Ivan Duque warns Colombia “doesn’t accept threats” and offers million-dollar rewards

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque has warned that his government “does not accept threats” and has offered rewards of 3 billion pesos (about 790,000 euros) for information that allows the capture of former ‘number two’ of the FARC Ivan Marquez and the ten “accomplices” q they accompany her in the video.
Marquez has announced with other FARC dissidents a return to armed struggle, considering duke has betrayed the commitments of the 2016 peace agreement. However, the representative has urged “not to fall into the trap” of those who “intend to hide behind false ideological garments to sustain their criminal scaffolding.”
Duque has defended during a five-minute speech that it is not the “birth of a new guerrilla”, but a “gang of drug-terrors” that aspires to maintain its criminal activities “with the shelter and support of the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro” in Venezuela.
Duque has maintained a number of contacts on Thursday, including with the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, whom he recognizes as a “legitimate” representative of the neighboring country, and with national authorities such as the President of the Special Jurisdiction (JEP) and the Attorney-General, who has been urged to issue “the necessary arrest warrants”.
The Colombian president considers it “urgent” that the eleven guerrillas in the video should be expelled from the framework of the JEP, as well as from the party constituted by the missing guerrillas and which also shares the acronym FARC. Thus, he has claimed “the immediate and unceremonious expulsion of all the criminals who appear in this video”.
For each of the men featured on that recording, Duque has set a reward of 3 billion pesos (790,000 euros) in exchange for information leading to his arrest. The Colombian president stressed that “no country can host them” and has called for “unequivocal” rejection by the international community.
“We will continue to ensure legality, security and justice throughout the national territory,” said Duque, who has defended the “relentless” persecution of those who violate the law. This will create a “special unit” that will have “enhanced intelligence, research and mobility capabilities throughout the territory”.
“There should be no confusion; this government will continue to advance its policy of peace with legality,” said Duque, then reiterates his “commitment” to those who are “genuinely” moving towards peace by following the peace framework established by the government of his predecessor, John Manuel Santos.
“Those who have chosen the path of legality under the principles of truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition will continue to count on the commitment of the State. Those who choose the path of criminality will suffer the full weight of the law,” he said.

Original source in Spanish