Colombia Seizes 600
Antipersonnel Mines
BOGOTA - The Colombian Police seized
Sunday more than 600 antipersonnel mines
from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC).
"More than 600 antipersonnel mines, 30
electrical detonators, 30 home-made mines
and 30 kg of explosives were found in an
underground hiding place in Vivoral
municipality in Antioquia departments," the
authorities said in a statement.
The stuffs seized were to be used to attack
the road and energy
infrastructure, and the police and military
units in the regions, the police said.
In most of the cases the antipersonnel mines
mutilate the inferior
extremities of the people who step on them
The FARC uses torn sharpens, screws, small
pints, and all kind of metallic materials to
produce sever damages.
Colombia is the country with the largest
number of antipersonnel mines
victims in the world, with some 8,081
victims since 1990. The country has used 80
million U.S. dollars to clean these mines
and give attention to the victims during the
latest four years.
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