Landmark ruling convicts seven FARC ex-leaders of wartime crimes | FARC News

Colombia’s JEP issues first individual sentences under 2016 peace deal, focusing on victims’ justice and reconciliation.

Bogota, Colombia – Seven ex-leaders of the demobilised Colombian FARC rebels have been convicted over the kidnappings of tens of thousands of people during their half-century of conflict with the state.

The decisions, handed down on Tuesday by Colombia’s transitional justice body, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), mark the first individual sentences imposed…