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Progress in Colombia as former Farc leader granted amnesty
Once known as the 'foreign minister of Farc’ and today a leader of the Comunes party, Rodrigo Granda had been sentenced to jail time on charges of rebellion in April 2006 — now these have been dropped, reports PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
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ON Monday October 24, Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) granted amnesty to Rodrigo Granda, a former leader of the demobilised guerilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), who was convicted of rebellion.
Granda was convicted in April 2006 by the third criminal court of the Cucuta Circuit, in the Norte de Santander department. He was sentenced to 70 months in prison.
After ratifying the political nature of the crime, the JEP ordered the withdrawal of criminal and accessory sanctions against Granda, as well as of his fiscal, disciplinary or criminal record.
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