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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Luis Jaime Acosta

Colombia police seize grenades, dozens of guns belonging to dissidents

Rifles are seen during a news conference, showing the seizure of weapons, explosives and ammunition, that authorities say belonged to dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in Bogota, Colombia January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Colombia's national police said on Monday they confiscated an arsenal of weapons, including guns, grenades and a machine gun belonging to dissidents from the now-disbanded FARC rebel group.

Though the Estado Mayor Central dissidents have rejected the 2016 peace deal signed by the FARC, they agreed to a recent ceasefire with the government of leftist President Gustavo Petro, who has promised to make peace or surrender deals with Colombia's armed groups.

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