FARC has made an unprecedented move Wednesday by announcing the establishment of a cease-fire in Colombia. The organization warned, however, that its truce would be suspended in case of “attacks by law enforcement.

FARC took a step towards the Colombian government. The guerrillas announced Wednesday, December 17 the introduction of a unilateral cease-fire in Colombia for an “indefinite period”, as part of the ongoing peace process with Bogota.

We have decided to declare a unilateral cease-fire and cessation of hostilities for an indefinite period, which should lead to an armistice, said on his blog the Delegation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to Havana, talks seat.

These discussions are open for more than two years, aimed at resolving the oldest conflict in Latin America, who made a half-century some 220 000 deaths and 5.3 million displaced, according to official figures.

Born into a peasant uprising in 1964, the Marxist FARC rebels, the main country with still nearly 8,000 fighters, but warned that its truce would be suspended in case of attacks by law enforcement.

So far, the government of President Juan Manuel Santos has refused any military cease-fire, before entering into a final peace agreement, believing that a truce would allow the guerrillas to strengthen.