As peace talks advance, Colombia struggles to find its missing


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Jul 2015

Prison guards escorts handcuffed inmates who are looking for a pit in a rural area close to Chaguani, Colombia, June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

CHAGUANI, Colombia (Reuters) - Swinging a pickaxe high above his head, the sweating former Marxist guerrilla brings it down sharply, breaking up hard-packed earth on a wooded hillside in central Colombia.

"I know the grave was here," says the ex-combatant, Andres Martinez, wiping his brow as a forensic expert starts in with a shovel near the rural town of Chaguani.

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