The aforementioned armed group, which includes the Border Commands and a splinter group of the Second Marquetalia, has been holding peace talks with the government since November of last year.

It was recently learned that both parties established responsibilities for the preparation, reception, registration, verification, custody, and destruction of war material.

As part of the negotiation process, it was also agreed to allocate eight billion pesos (just over two million dollars at the current exchange rate) for the replacement of one thousand hectares of coca with one thousand hectares of cacao in the municipalities of Tumaco and Roberto Payán, in Nariño, in the southwest.

Last June, the CNEB announced it would deliver eight tons of explosives for destruction as a demonstration of its commitment to reaching an agreement with the government.

By mid-year, according to Armando Noboa, the chief negotiator of the government delegation, the agreements reached between the parties focused on three key points.

The first is territorial transformation with the replacement of 15,000 hectares of illicit crops in both Nariño and Putumayo.

Also planned is the eradication of antipersonnel mines in both departments, and the creation of a comprehensive training zone and temporary location for an initial 120 members of the group.

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