BOGOTA, Colombia — A former rebel ideologue who helped craft Colombia’s 2016 peace deal has suspended a 41-day hunger strike after a special peace tribunal cast doubt on his expected extradition to the U.S. on drug charges. “My situation is a calculated accident that can be extended to any political member of the FARC,” he wrote in the defiant missive. Interior Minister Guillermo Rivera said Hernandez’s decision to halt his hunger strike was “good news” for the peace process. “If Colombia extradites FARC commanders now it seriously risks impeding they will ever be held accountable for war crimes. Arrested along with Hernandez was Marquez’s nephew, who has since confessed his crimes and agreed to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors.

Source: Washington Post May 19, 2018 17:41 UTC