Colombia weighing whether to suspend EMC ceasefire after bombings: defense minister

By Luis Jaime Acosta

BOGOTA, May 21 (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro is weighing whether to fully suspend a ceasefire with the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) rebel group, Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said on Tuesday, after two bombings attributed to the group in the southeastern province of Cauca, one of which killed four people. (Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta Writing by Julia Symmes Cobb)

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