Colombian rebel group hands over bombs to government as gesture of peace

A dissident group of the Colombian guerrilla ELN that is negotiating peace with the government handed over almost 600 bombs, which President Gustavo Petro ordered to be destroyed during a public event.

The handover of explosives is a gesture of goodwill towards the peace deal that the left-wing president is promoting with the so-called Comuneros del Sur, a small group with whom he has been negotiating since September as part of his "Total Peace" policy, a move that has angered the National Liberation Army (ELN).