FARC graffiti found in Universidad Distrital in Bogota,
announcing a strategy to infiltrate schools and universities.
("Because the mountains are our university.")
 

President Juan Manuel Santos reported Wednesday that FARC terrorists are infiltrating social protests in the country.

During an activation ceremony of the Marine Brigade No. 4 in Tumaco (Nariño), the President also said the government defends the right to protest, but not subversion. "Protests, yes. But this way of doing things we are not going to tolerate, "said Santos.

"We know that the FARC's strategy will be to foment social protests and then infiltrate the protest to produce violence and cause chaos," revealed the President.

He said the Government learned of the intentions of the FARC from intelligence sources, as well as by the information found on computers, and from the testimony of demobilized FARC terrorists.

Santos asked students and social organizations not to allow bad actors to manipulate legitimate organizations, and asked them to work with the authorities.

"We ask the community to help us, because these terrorists are against everyone and everything good in our communities," added Santos.

He called attention to the riots that occurred last week at the District University of Bogotá.

"What you saw in the University District, and all that was discovered afterwards, shows very clearly the manipulation and infiltration,"stressed the president, speaking of disturbances that occurred earlier.

Santos ended his speech by insisting that the authorities will fight this infiltration "with all that is within our reach."

(Originally reported in elespectador.com. Translated by Americas Forum)