# Translation The 24-year-old reporter covered without protection for his own portal, El Confidente, the silent war with FARC dissidents that very few dare to document. A guerrilla massacre in Colombia less than a month before elections exposes the shipwreck of decades of peace policies. No one in his circle can quite explain why Mateo Pérez decided to travel alone on his motorcycle to such a violent area as Briceño.

A Colombian senator's vehicle came under gunfire in a southwestern conflict region on Tuesday, in an attack attributed to dissident FARC guerrilla members. The incident underscores ongoing violence by armed groups in the aftermath of the 2016 peace accord.