Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, left, shakes hands with Colombian Peace Commission Advisor Otty Patiño at the end of a ceremony to start peace talks between the Colombian armed group "Segunda Marquetalia - EB" and the Colombian government in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Walter Mendoza, left, and Ivan Marquez, representing the Colombian armed group "Segunda Marquetalia - EB," attend the start of peace talks with the Colombian government in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, top, shakes hands with Ivan Marquez, chief commander of the Colombian armed group "Segunda Marquetalia - EB," during the start of peace talks with the Colombian government in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 24, 2024. At left is Walter Mendoza, chief of negotiations for the armed group. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Ivan Marquez, chief commander of the Colombian armed group "Segunda Marquetalia - EB," leaves after a meeting to start peace talks with the Colombian government in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Peace talks start between the armed Colombian group "Segunda Marquetalia - EB" and the Colombian government in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 24, 2024. Sitting, from left, are representatives of the armed group, Francisco Toloza, Walter Mendoza and Ivan Marquez, as well as Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, Colombian Peace Commission Advisor Otty Patiño and Colombian government representative Armando Novoa. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Ivan Marquez reads out loud next to Walter Mendoza, both representing the armed group "Segunda Marquetalia - EB," during the start of peace talks with the Colombian government in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Ivan Marquez, right, reads out loud next to others representing the armed group "Segunda Marquetalia - EB," Francisco Toloza, left, and Walter Mendoza during the start of peace talks with the Colombian government in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)