Colombia's war victims urge forgiveness as society splits over peace deal

[WorldNews]

By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kidnapped and kept in chains for more than seven years in a jungle camp controlled by Colombia's FARC rebels, Alan Jara knows how hard it is to forgive and reconcile with the past. One of countless victims in Colombia's five-decade war, Latin America's longest, Jara was released by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2009. Jara eventually decided to forgive his captors.

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