A Colombian army general and an intelligence chief were suspended on Thursday following allegations they leaked sensitive information to a guerrilla leader, the attorney general's office told AFP.

The Caracol TV network on Sunday published messages and documents appearing to show General Juan Manuel Huertas and National Intelligence Directorate official Wilmar Mejia sharing information with a rebel leader, which allowed him to evade security controls and procure weapons.

The guerrilla boss, who goes by the alias Calarca, is commander of a dissident faction of the defunct rebel army FARC which opposed a 2016 peace deal with the state.

The group is in peace talks with the left-wing government of President Gustavo Petro.

A source in the attorney-general's office told AFP that Huertas and

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