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TIBU, Colombia -Colombia's government and the country's largest group of dissident former FARC rebels on Sunday suspended offensive actions and celebrated the start of a peace process meant to end the group's role in almost six decades of internal conflict, the rebel group announced.
The EMC rejected a 2016 peace deal with the state that ended the FARC's role in the conflict, which has killed at least 450,000 people and displaced millions. The two sides have said the ceasefire will initially last 10 months, but they did not mention its length in the statement. The EMC currently has some 3,530 members - 2,180 combatants and 1,350 others - in regions across Colombia where illicit trades like drug trafficking and illegal gold mining occur, according to security sources.
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