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Colombia: Ceasefire Between Gov’t and FARC Goes into Effect

HeadlineAug 29, 2016

In Colombia, a ceasefire between rebels and the Colombian government has gone into effect, formally ending hostilities in a 52-year-old civil war that claimed an estimated 220,000 lives. Early this morning, FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez ordered his followers to lay down their arms.

Timoleón Jiménez: “In my position as commander of the FARC-EP, I order all of our leaders, all of our units, every and each one of our combatants, to cease fire and hostilities in a definitive manner against the Colombian state from midnight tonight.”

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