Murders and Million Dollar Ransom Demands: How War Affected Colombians
- Colombia holds plebiscite Sunday on peace deal with guerrillas
- Half a century of violence has touched nearly every Colombian
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Colombians vote Sunday on whether to accept a peace deal under which Marxist guerrillas hand over their weapons to the United Nations in return for seats in Congress, agricultural reform and reduced punishment for crimes. Polls indicate they will approve.
Virtually every Colombian has been affected by the conflict with the guerrillas, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in one way or another. Here are four of their stories.