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Colombia's Congress on Wednesday passed a law granting amnesty to Marxist FARC rebels as part of the country's peace deal, a development the government hailed as \"historic.\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Thanks to the Congress which in a historic vote approved the amnesty law, first step toward consolidating peace,\" President Juan Manuel Santos said on Twitter.<\/p>\n

The measure grants special legal treatment, amnesty and pardons to members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) accused of political and related crimes.<\/p>\n

The Senate passed the bill 69-0, after the House of Representatives approved it 121-0.<\/p>\n

\"We welcome the approval of the Amnesty Law, this is another step in the long road to bringing peace to Colombians,\" FARC chief Rodrigo \"Timochenko\" Londono said in a tweet.<\/p>\n

Launched in 1964, FARC is about to begin handing over its weapons under a UN-monitored demobilization process.<\/p>\n

Now \"5,700 guerrillas will begin to descend from the mountain and surrender their weapons,\" Senate President Mauricio Lizcano said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The five-decade conflict has killed more than 260,000 people, left 45,000 missing and forced nearly seven million to flee their homes.<\/p>\n

The amnesty bill is part of a November 24 pact aimed at ending the conflict.<\/p>\n

Former president Alvaro Uribe spearheaded opposition to the peace deal after nearly four years of negotiations.<\/p>\n

The former president and his allies argue the deal grants impunity to rebels guilty of war crimes, giving them seats in Congress rather than sending them to prison.<\/p>\n

After voters rejected an earlier peace deal by a narrow margin, the government and the FARC renegotiated it, deciding to have it ratified in Congress rather than risk a second referendum.<\/p>\n

Details of law<\/h3>\n

The new amnesty law does not apply to FARC rebels accused of offenses such as war crimes, rape, torture and extrajudicial killings.<\/p>\n

Those who confess to their crimes before a special court may avoid prison and instead receive alternative sentences.<\/p>\n

Others who do not confess and are convicted in court will receive sentences of eight to 20 years.<\/p>\n

The law also provides a framework for punishing civilians and state agents who have been \"convicted, tried or accused\" of offenses related to the armed conflict.<\/p>\n

Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas told the Senate that there will now be a legal process for dealing with some 5,000 state agents.<\/p>\n

The amnesty law is set to be reviewed by Colombia's Constitutional Court, which had previously approved special fast-track procedures in Congress to implement the peace deal.<\/p>\n

Under the deal, the FARC must demobilize and surrender their weapons within six months.<\/p>\n

The Colombian government is still seeking to salvage talks with the country's second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). The process has stumbled over the issue of hostages and prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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