Colombia Formally Closes Total Peace Dialogue Tables via Nine Executive Resolutions

August 30, 2026 — Three days after ordering the extradition of five former Total Peace negotiators, President Abelardo De la Espriella's government issued nine executive resolutions formally shutting every remaining dialogue platform opened under predecessor Gustavo Petro's policy, El Tiempo reported. The closures cover the FARC dissident bloc led by alias 'Calarcá' (Resolution 342 of 2026, which cites an 'absence of will for peace' as grounds for ending the table), the Comandos de la Frontera border militia, and the Autodefensas Conquistadores de la Sierra Nevada paramilitary group. The move follows military strikes on rebel positions and completes the formal wind-down of Total Peace that De la Espriella signaled with the Aug. 27 extraditions. Gerson Arias of the Ideas for Peace Foundation warned the shift to a military-first approach 'will likely increase violence in the short term' as armed groups step up activity in the absence of a negotiation track.