Armel Caracas, who was 20 years in the FARC guerrilla and was demobilized in 2016 due to the peace agreement signed with the government. He took office on Saturday as new mayor of the Colombian municipality of Cumaribolocated in the jungle department of Vichada.
“Armel Caracas, mayor of Cumaribo, Vichada, takes office. Building peace and progress,” wrote Julián Gallo, senator of the Comunes party, which emerged from the demobilization of the former FARC, on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Gallo published photos of Caracas’ property held in a coliseum where he was accompanied by hundreds of people.
“We congratulate peace signatory Armel Caracas, who today takes office as mayor of Cumaribo for the period 2024-2027. Political reintegration is progressing,” the Agency for Reinstatement and Standardization (ARN) said on social media.
Just Thursday the UN mission in Colombia He met with the former fighter and discussed “his commitment to building peace from the area.”
With an area of 65,193 square kilometers, Cumaribo, in Vichada, a department bordering Venezuela, is the largest municipality in Colombia.
The area is larger than 28 of Colombia’s 32 departments and as large as countries such as Sri Lanka or Lithuania.
He was the only candidate who won these elections on behalf of the former FARC, because the other three candidates did not achieve excellent results.
In his time as a guerrilla, when he was known as ArleyCaracas was part of the FARC’s Eastern Bloc and joined that armed group in 1996. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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