FARC rebels have agreed to free a top Colombian general and four others according to negotiators in Cuba.<br /><br />Their release is to be organised as soon as possible.<br /><br />The Colombian government had suspended on going peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) until General Ruben Dario Alzate was handed over. <br /><br />A representative of the Cuban government which is hosting the peace talks – which have now been going on for two years – announced the breakthrough on Cuban television.<br /><br />Along with the general and a soldier and civilian lawyer who were all captured together on Sunday, two other soldiers will also be set free.<br /><br />The standoff had plunged the peace talks into crisis. Meanwhile Latin America’s longest-running war, which has killed some 20,000 people over 50 years continues.<br /><br />Both Cuba and Norway are acting as so-called guarantors of the talks.
