How a prisoner in Colorado could help end half century of war in Colombia

Sibylla Brodzinsky in Bogotá

Thursday 10 March 2016 11.30 GMTLast modified on Thursday 10 March 201614.01 GMT

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Locked behind a steel door in a tiny cell of America’s most formidable prison, inmate number 27896-016 follows the development of far-away peace negotiations between the Colombian government and leftist Farcrebels with keen interest.

As government and rebel negotiators meeting in Havana come closer to a final agreement to end more than half century of war in Colombia, Ricardo Palmera has a particular stake in the outcome: if the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have their way, he will be one of the signatories to that accord.

Despite being in solitary confinement behind the high walls and barbed wire of the Florence SuperMax prison high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Palmera has become a point of honour for the Farc in the negotiations.

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