Rebel Group to Free More Than 250 Captives
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the nation’s largest rebel group, said it will free more than 250 soldiers and police next week in a peace gesture.
The surprise decision would more than double the number of prisoners freed by the rebels, known as the FARC, under a June 2 agreement with the government. In all, at least 305 men will be freed, the biggest prisoner release in Colombia’s decades-long war. Some of the men have been held for three years.
The men will be freed June 28, rebel spokesman Raul Reyes said.
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