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Colombia signed the Ottawa Treaty in 1997, but only in 2016 did FARC, its largest guerrilla group, pledge to assist in demining efforts.

Colombia's "Total Peace" plan faces challenges as armed groups fragment over drug and gold profits, hindering President Petro's peace negotiations.

"...and I say it once and for all, in projects of law that generate FORCED INVESTMENT in the private financial system of Colombia" - President Gustavo Petro

President Petro is being forced to confront the possibility that his flagship security policy may only have partial peace in its sights.

The plan was ambitious from the onset, but talks with the country’s two most important criminal groups, the ELN and the EMC, appear to be unraveling.

Reports have surged this year, with humanitarian aid being disrupted for an estimated 13,168 people from January to April.