On the road in Colombia - Day 4
No pictures today - the people I met this morning didn't like the idea of having their photos taken.
One was a 37-year-old former fighter in Colombia's right-wing para-military groups: he's already had to move home because his former comrades have been threatening to kill him.
The other was a young woman, a former member of one of the leftist guerrilla groups allied to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as FARC.
Guillermo and Claudia are just two of the more than 50,000 former fighters who have handed in their weapons and come in from the jungle. Both say they are determined to make a new life for themselves - I met them at a school especially set up for demobilised para-militaries and guerrillas where they learn skills which they hope will enable them to earn a living without a gun in their hand.
Will it work? Is it something that other countries should copy? My first report from Colombia will be on air tonight - and I've also written a piece for Ö÷²¥´óÐã News Online. I'll link to it as soon as it's published.
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