Colombia's Santos says FARC faces jail, death without peace


  • World
  • Friday, 09 Aug 2013

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebel leaders negotiating peace with the government must return to the jungle and end their days on the battlefield or in prison if talks under way in Cuba collapse, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thursday.

Santos, who bet his political legacy on bringing peace to the Andean nation, said the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, has little choice but to turn in their weapons and end a conflict that has killed more than 200,000 people since it began five decades ago.

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