The National Reincorporation Council condemned the murder of two peace signatories and demanded that the government implement the Ethnic Chapter of the peace agreement.

Following the murder of Florilba Ramos Morano and Ferney Elago Caviche , two peace signatories belonging to the Nasa indigenous people, in the municipality of Silvia (Cauca), the National Reincorporation Council (CNR-Comunes) and the National Association of Signatories with Ethnic Belongings (Anfecp) demanded the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter of the 2016 Peace Agreement , one of the commitments that has not yet taken off.

"The Ethnic Chapter of the Final Peace Agreement must be fully implemented. We demand specific and urgent guarantees for signatories of ethnic origin, who continue to be targets of structural violence today," the two organizations stated in a press release.

Both groups also expressed their condemnation of the murder of the two former combatants, who underwent their transition to civilian life at the Los Monos Territorial Training and Reincorporation Area (ETCR), located in Caldono.

"It is with deep concern that we observe how these regrettable events continue without effective action by Colombian state institutions and entities. These events constitute a serious attack on peacebuilding and the struggle for reconciliation," they added in the statement.

In the document, they also called on the relevant authorities to investigate the crime and identify those responsible. "We hope that the protection of all signatories to the peace process will be guaranteed, especially those belonging to vulnerable communities and those undergoing reintegration," they added.

According to reports from the National Reincorporation Council itself, the crimes occurred in the Vallenuevo area on the night of Monday, July 14, when armed men broke into the home where the signatories were located and shot them without warning. The "Dagoberto Ramos" front of dissidents of the FARC, the ELN, and local gangs operate in the area.

"Armed men arrived at their home and murdered them, amid a growing presence and conflict between illegal armed groups," said Leonardo Perafán, director of the Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz).

Florilba and Ferney managed a collective Hass avocado farming project, promoted by the Multiactiva Ecomún Esperanza del Pueblo (Coomeep) cooperative in the Vallenuevo area.

“The Ombudsman's Office, through Early Warning 024 of 2023, had already warned about the extreme risk in the municipality of Silvia, reporting threats to life, homicides, harassment, mobility restrictions, and forced confinement,” Perafán added.

With these crimes, the number of peace signatories murdered has reached 31 in 2025, and 472 since the agreement was signed, according to figures from the most recent quarterly report by the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.

According to the Mission's most recent report, published this Monday, progress in the Ethnic Chapter "has been slow overall." However, the document highlights that the government has issued regulations to strengthen the role of Indigenous authorities and communities in the implementation of certain aspects of rural reform.

"After negotiating with indigenous organizations, the government issued decrees and guidelines to implement their autonomy, a long-awaited achievement since it was formally enshrined in the 1991 Constitution," the report states.

According to the Mission, these decrees and guidelines facilitate the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter by allowing the participation of Indigenous authorities in issues such as the multipurpose land registry and the Special Indigenous Jurisdiction. Furthermore, they emphasize that the allocation of Land Fund assets is provided exclusively for the creation or expansion of Indigenous reservations.

Despite these regulatory advances, the Verification Mission also warned that the presence and influence of illegal armed groups continues to seriously affect the autonomous governance of Indigenous and Afro-Colombian peoples in the territories affected by the conflict.

Finally, they recalled that at a public hearing in Congress convened in June by the Comunes party to evaluate the progress and challenges of the Ethnic Chapter, participants expressed concern about its slow implementation, including the limited execution of the program to strengthen the self-protection mechanisms of ethnic communities.

CAMILO A. CASTILLOPolitical Editorial with information from Michel RomolerouxX: (@camiloandres894)