Top paramilitary, guerrilla leaders in Colombia ask forgiveness

People attend the testimonies of former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel leader Rodrigo Londono and former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso at the country's truth commission in Bogota, Colombia, August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Nathalia Angarita

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Salvatore Mancuso and Rodrigo Londono, former enemies from Colombia's internal conflict, appeared together before the country's truth commission on Wednesday to ask victims for forgiveness and recognize mistakes they made during the war.

The hearing was the first where Mancuso, a former top commander of the paramilitary United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), and Londono, the ex-leader of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), appeared before the truth commission at the same time.