LOS POZOS, Colombia?President Andres Pastrana ended the peace process Saturday, saying the 11th-hour proposal from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia “is not sufficient.”

“The proposal only refers to already agreed to issues,” Pastrana said in a nationally broadcast address.

Pastrana gave the rebel army, known as the FARC, 48 hours, beginning at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, to vacate the vast rebel safe haven he granted them three years ago as a condition for the peace talks.

Many feared the end of the peace talks could lead to an escalation in Colombia’s 38 year civil war.

Roughly 3,500 people die every year in the violence, most of them civilians.

Pastrana appeared to give the FARC another chance to save the peace process, saying the country only will accept peace talks if there is a cease in hostilities, including kidnappings.