Colombia: Spain agrees to extradite Farc `abortions nurse`

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In November 2016, the Colombian government and the Farc rebel group announced a second peace agreement after an initial deal was rejected. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Colombian authorities say abortions were carried out on women fighters with no medicationSpain has agreed to extradite to Colombia a former Farc rebel accused of carrying out 300 forced abortions on women fighters, some of them underage. His arrest in 2015 formed part of an investigation relating to 150 cases involving former Farc fighters who said they had been forced to terminate their pregnancies. Image copyright Reuters Image caption At their height, the Farc was estimated to have some 20,000 active fightersThe Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc, after the initials in Spanish) are Colombia`s largest rebel group. Known as "The Nurse", Mr Arboleda Buitrago is accused of taking part in most of those abortions.