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Colombian FARC Leaders Ordered To Make Reparations For Over 21,000 Kidnappings

Special Jurisdiction of Peace (JEP) magistrate Camilo Suarez speaks at the sentence hearing of former FARC guerrilla leaders over kidnapping crimes committed during the Colombian armed conflict (Credit: AFP)

A Colombian court on Tuesday held seven leaders of the defunct Colombian guerrilla army FARC responsible for the kidnappings of tens of thousands of people during the group's half-century of war with the state.

The transitional court, which was set up under a landmark 2016 peace agreement signed by FARC, spared the seven prison time, ordering them instead to make reparations by working towards reconciliation.

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