FILE PHOTO: Carlos Antonio Lozada, Rodrigo Londono, Pastor Alape and Rodrigo Granda, former commanders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and now members of the political party Revolutionary Alternative Common Force (FARC) attend a news conference at the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal in Bogota, Colombia September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Former commanders from Colombia's demobilized FARC guerrillas on Thursday accepted accusations by a transitional justice court that they committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the group's 50-year war with the state.
The ruling in January by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), created under the 2016 peace deal between the government and the rebels, was the first time the JEP attributed criminal responsibility for hostage-taking to former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
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