On a Sunday afternoon on a football pitch about an hour's drive north from the Colombian capital, Bogotá, the Cogua home team is being defeated 0-1 by La Paz FC.
In the 25th minute of the first half, La Paz forward Albert Parra zips through Cogua's defence until a Cogua player tackles him from behind, calling him a “guerrillero” (guerrilla).
Parra brushes off what is clearly meant as an insult and keeps playing.
La Paz players are used to their squad being labelled the “Farc team” in reference to the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, who fought the Colombian government for more than 50 years before signing a peace deal in 2016.
And while La Paz was created to bring together players from opposing sides in Colombia's armed conflict, the Cogua player could not have been further off the mark.
Albert Parra's family is one of the many who were stripped of their land and forcibly displaced by the Marxist rebels. He is a victim of the Farc.
He says La Paz FC is a sign of how far colombia has come since the peace deal was signed in November of 2016.
“Our team represents peace and I am…
