First of Rebels Take Disarmament Offer
From Times Wire Reports
Thirty-eight members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, became the first Marxist guerrillas to apply for benefits under a law offering reduced jail terms to those willing to lay down their arms.
The law offers a maximum of eight years for crimes such as massacre and kidnapping committed by illegal armed groups in a 41-year-old guerrilla war.
More than 10,000 members of right-wing paramilitary groups have made use of the law.
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