The Colombian Minister of Defense resigns after the scandal over the massacre of eight children

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Colombian Defense Minister Guillermo Botero presented his resignation on Wednesday after revealing that at least eight children died in a military bombing against a camp by a dissident FARC group.

"Today, in a meeting with the President of the Republic to analyze the current political situation, it was agreed that the most convenient thing was to present a resignation from the position of Minister of National Defense," says an official statement from his office.

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