Secretariat of the Central High Command of the FARC has announced that they have suspended the unilateral and indefinite cease-fire proclaimed on December 20, 2014 as a humanitarian gesture of de-escalation of the conflict.

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, People´s Army (FARC-EP) stated that the suspension was a consequence of the inconsistency of the Santos government after five months of attacks on the ground and in the air against their structures throughout the Colombian country.

FARC-EP deplored the joint attack of the Air Force, the army and the police carried out at dawn on Thursday against a camp of the 29 Front of the FARC in Guapi (Cauca), during which, according to official sources, 26 guerrilla combatants were killed.

"For us, the deaths of guerrilla combatants and soldiers are equally painful; they are children of the same nation and from poor families. We must stop this bleeding", the Secretariat of the Central High Command of the FARC-EP said.

FARC-EP remarked that against their will, they have to continue the talks in the midst of the confrontation, adding; "Although Santos announces that he will keep the offensive, we insist on the need to agree, as soon as possible, to the health of the peace process and to prevent further victimization, on a bilateral ceasefire, insistently requested by national majorities."

FARC-EP ended by stating that they appreciate the work of monitoring and verification of the unilateral ceasefire that was carried out by the Broad Front for Peace and the social and political movements of Colombia during these five months.