After Five Decades of Civil War, Colombia’s Healing Begins - 1

At age 17, after Antonio saw paramilitaries displace his family, he joined the FARC. At 22, he and other guerrillas met to talk about turning in their weapons. Within a year a peace pact was signed, leaving the rebels the task of reintegrating into towns they’d once terrorized.

No longer on the move in the jungle, these FARC guerrillas in a mountain camp at La Guajira in December 2016 enjoy their two-hour daily ration of television.

Esperanza Medina, 40, holds her newborn, Desiree, at a FARC camp at La Guajira, on the border with Venezuela, in January 2017. Medina joined the group when she was 14 and had her first child at 16, but FARC commanders forced her to give up the baby for adoption. Medina subsequently underwent seven abortions, but now that the fighting is over, she hopes to be able to raise Desiree herself.

After the cease-fire on June 22, 2016, FARC fighters, like these standing at attention in the department of Caquetá, were allowed to wear casual, even brightly colored, clothing instead of the camouflage gear used in jungle warfare.

Ferley Gómez, 33, and his pet take a nap in a FARC jungle camp in Caquetá.