Soldiers of the Colombian army disembark from a helicopter in a zone previously occupied by FARC rebels, in Saiza, Colombia February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Luis Jaime Acosta
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels can begin surrendering their weapons to the United Nations now that almost 7,000 of them have reached designated demobilization zones around the country, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace agreement with the government late last year to put an end Latin America's longest-running armed conflict, which killed more than 220,000 people.
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