He had entered Comandos de la Frontera at 19 and disappeared into the camps and combat zones of southern Colombia. Peace negotiations are usually described through decrees, negotiating tables and acronyms. Comandos de la Frontera belonged to the Coordinadora Nacional Ejército Bolivariano, a dissident structure descended from the former FARC and active along Colombia’s border with Ecuador. Former members of the Comandos de la Frontera meet with government negotiator Armando Novoa at a temporary settlement zone in Colombia. The site houses 99 former fighters who laid down their weapons as part of peace negotiations.