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Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, Apr 10, 2013 \/ 12:03 pm (CNA<\/a>).- Church bells across Colombia rang out on Tuesday in a move of solidarity with the thousands of victims of violence that has plagued the country for decades.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThis was a humanitarian gesture of closeness\u2026with the victims of the violence in Colombia, that their suffering not be minimized or ignored and that their right to the truth, to justice and to reparations be protected,\u201d Father Pedro Mercado Cepeda, adjunct secretary of the local bishops' conference, told CNA.<\/p>\n

\tThe tolling of the bells came as 200,000 Colombians took part in a massive peace rally in the capital city of Bogota on April 9.<\/p>\n

\tColombia's bishops warned in February that violent actions by a prominent rebel group are undermining peace negotiations in the country.<\/p>\n

\tThe Marxist group FARC \u2013 the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia \u2013 \u201cis destroying the hopes for achieving reconciliation\u201d with its recent acts of violence and kidnapping, said Bishop Hector Gutierrez Pabon.<\/p>\n

\tThree police officers died on Feb. 1 when they were attacked by a FARC contingent in northern Colombia. The rebel group also kidnapped two other police officers and three petroleum contractors in a one-week period. The hostages were all freed later by the Colombian military.<\/p>\n

\tIn statements Tuesday, Bishop Jose Daniel Falla \u2013 secretary general of the bishops\u2019 conference \u2013 told reporters that the Church does not support on sector of society over another, but instead raises her voice to defend those suffering from violence.<\/p>\n

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Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, Apr 10, 2013 \/ 12:03 pm (CNA).- Church bells across Colombia rang out on Tuesday in a move of solidarity with the thousands of victims of violence that has plagued the country for decades.<\/p>\n

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