FARC's Disarmament Complete; Santos Calls Conflict 'Truly Over'
August 16 2017
President Juan Manuel Santos has officially declared the end of Colombia's conflict with the FARC as the disarmament of the rebels was completed, reports France 24.
The rebels turned in 8,112 weapons as part of a U.N.-supervised disarmament process that ended on Tuesday, said the United Nations mission chief, as reported euronews.
Santos attended a ceremony at a demobilization site in Pondores in northern Guajira province as the final shipment of weapons was trucked away to...
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