Two mass graves have been discovered in Columbia, which were connected with the decades-long internal conflict in the country, officials said.
According to reports, the remains of 17 peasants were unearthed in the northwest of Colombia in a ranch that belonged to a far-right militia leader Carlos Castano, who was killed in 2004.
In a statement, the chief prosecutor's office said that the peasants were believed to have been killed about 10 to 12 years ago, and that all the bodies found at the ranch in the Uraba banana-growing region were "dismembered" and showed signs of torture.
Meanwhile, the Colombian military said it has discovered another mass grave in the southern jungles, containing the bodies of 16 rebels, including the nephew of a senior commander of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, Jorge Briceno. The rebel mass grave was discovered near La Uribe, a traditional stronghold of the Farc.
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