FARC deadline moved

THE DEADLINE for FARC members to disarm has been extended an additional 20 days, the Colombian government said on Monday.

“In a joint agreement with the UN and the FARC, we have agreed that the arms handover will not end tomorrow as had been planned, but instead within 20 days,” President Juan Manuel Santos said.

Last November, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the country’s left-wing guerrilla army composed of nearly 7 000 soldiers in 26 transition zones, signed a peace treaty and agreed to surrender its weapons to the UN by May 30. teleSUR