Jailed Colombia Rebels Await New Amnesty Law
Colombia passes an amnesty law for thousands of rebels. Some fighters are expected to lay down their arms over the next six months.
Colombia passes an amnesty law for thousands of rebels. Some fighters are expected to lay down their arms over the next six months.
The United Nations has officially supported the peacetalks between Columbia and FARC as a step to fully end the longest war in Latin America that had started since 1964.
A civil war is about to end as Columbia government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia made an agreement to have a 12-month mission to be possible with any ceasefire between the government and rebels. It is said to fully end the conflict that have arisen between the two parties since 1964.
Colombia's second-largest rebel group, the ELN, killed 12 members of the security forces in the central province of Boyaca on Monday, the government said, as the troops transported votes from the country's regional elections.