On the left and on the right, from the Havana Accords to the Congress in Bogotá, openly or covertly, the actors in Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict are working together to bestow pardons upon themselves in exchange for peace.

In the wake of decades of armed conflict, millions of Colombians are suffering from the lingering effects of the upheaval on their physical and mental health, a situation that poses a serious challenge for the country as the newly fashioned peace process unfolds.