Colombia: FARC Concludes UN Weapons Handover

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BOGOTÁ, Colombia - The last United Nations truck carrying containers filled with pistols, rifles and grenades that formerly belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has left a "transition zone" in the northeast of the country, marking the end of the rebels' disarmament.

In late February, the last FARC unit arrived in one of the aforementioned "transition zones," essentially demobilization camps established in rural and topographically-challenging regions throughout the country in departments like Arauca, Caquetá, Cauca, La Guajira, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo and Valle del Cauca, where they turned over their weapons and began the transition to civilian life.

In early January, the 26 transition zones were opened and since then, more than 7,000 now-former guerrillas have passed through the camps. They arrived in groups by boat,...