BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian President Ivan Duque offered a nearly $1 million reward for the arrest of the top peace negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on Aug. 29, after the former rebel commander and a small cadre of hardliners vowed to resume their insurgency, in a major reversal for the country’s efforts to end decades of bloody fighting.
In a televised address, Duque also accused Venezuela’s socialist leadership of providing safe haven to the rebels—underscoring the risks to regional stability from the rebels’ announcement they would rearm.
