Colombia’s Petro proposes regional ceasefire to ELN guerrillas

COLOMBIA’S President Gustavo Petro urged a guerrilla group yesterday to agree to a regional ceasefire aimed at ending decades of conflict after the two sides failed to ink a nationwide deal this month.

“I propose that we work seriously on a ceasefire, that they stop killing each other and that we stop killing each other,” Petro said during a meeting with farmers’ organisations.