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Dozens of former guerilla fighters in Colombia forced to abandon village
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (front left) and the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), Rodrigo Londono, known by the alias Timochenko, shake hands after signing the peace agreement between the government and the Farc to end over 50 years of conflict, in Cartagena, Colombia, September 26, 2016

DOZENS of former guerilla fighters and their families were forced to abandon their village in southern Colombia on Tuesday.

This came after they received threats from members of  a rebel group that is still fighting the government, authorities said.

The displaced former fighters were members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the guerilla group that signed a peace deal with Colombia’s government in 2016.

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