Colombian rebel group hands over bombs to government as gesture of peace

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A dissident group of the Colombian guerrilla ELN that is negotiating peace with the government hands over almost 600 bombs, which President Gustavo Petro ordered to be destroyed during a public event. The handover of explosives is a gesture of goodwill towards the peace deal that the left-wing president is promoting with the so-called Comuneros del Sur, a small group with whom he has been negotiating since September as part of his 'Total Peace' policy.

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00:00Come on, stop!

00:05We must act like women, giving birth to life.

00:17With this historic moment for Nariño, for this great effort of the national government, of the authorities...

00:24...we have given land security to carry out in a satisfactory way.

00:34We consider that in this government of change it is possible to end the conflict between the Colombian state and the Comuneros del Sur Front.

00:43Mr. President, we reaffirm our commitment and our sincere will for the construction of territorial peace and the transformations that the Nariñenses deserve. Thank you very much.

01:13In such a way that today, I repeat, we have an irreversible process of peace. Irreversible.

01:20And that is the most important issue that we have to say today.

01:26In this process, where we have verified the material of explosive artifacts that have been delivered, where we have verified the points where the destruction is going to be carried out...

01:35...also verifying the security measures to carry out that this is a firm step towards peace for Nariño.

01:43Thank you very much.

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