2,612 guerrillas have demobilized this year

Tuesday, 07 October 2008 10:23

The Colombian government says 2,612 guerrillas from the FARC, ELN and other groups have turned in their arms this year to begin reinsertion programs, including 374 in September.

The figure is made up of 346 FARC members, 23 from the ELN and five from other bands. It also includes 40 minors, reported Spanish news agency EFE. Comparison data was not available.

Since president Álvaro Uribe took office, government data shows 17,068 combatants have abandoned the armed conflict. Critics say the numbers are inflated by non-combatants who join the process to gain health and educational benefits offered by the reinsertion program.

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written by Midnight, October 07, 2008

Political Numbers? Why Come? The government caught 9000+, I had already been online counting and on the ground counting, they did not uncover everything. FARC is still larger than they assume and for that matter the criminal element is almost unbelievable, with the possible exception of the fact that the person on the ground doing the numbers under estimates for the sake of reality. Have a dose.

Check the dirt next spring. Have a dose of that too.