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Colombia: After 50 years of war, cleaning up landmines key to peace

Colombia's civil conflict has turned large swaths of the country into minefields. Now, there's an effort to try to clean up the mess, and current and former guerrillas could play a leading role.

By Jim Wyss, McClatchy

MARCH 31, 2015

SONSON, COLOMBIA — As a child soldier for Colombia's largest guerrilla group, Jairo watched his fellow fighters seed trails and pastures with anti-personnel mines designed to kill and maim.

Read the full report on the Christian Science Monitor.