Society
Colombia seizes 283 FARC's antipersonnel mines
Updated: 2011-03-11 10:15
(Xinhua)
BOGOTA - The Colombian Prosecutor's Office said Thursday it has seized 283 antipersonnel mines and fusil munitions in a hiding place of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Mocoa municipality, south Colombia.
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According to the prosecutor's office, the antipersonnel mines and the munitions belonged to the front 48 of the FARC, which operated in the border zone of Colombia.
The mines and munitions will be destroyed in coming hours with a controlled explosion.
The Presidential Program for the Integral Actions against Antipersonnel mines (Pacima) said at the end of 2010 that between 1990 and March 2010 there were 8,329 people killed or injured by antipersonnel mines in Colombia.
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