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| Colombian authorities say abortions were carried out on women fighters with no medication |
Spain has agreed to extradite to
Colombia a former Farc rebel accused of carrying out 300 forced
abortions on women fighters, some of them underage.
He will face trial in Colombia for murder, attempted murder and abortion without consent. Mr Arboleda Buitrago had been working as a nurse with no medical training, Colombian prosecutors say.
On Friday, Spanish authorities gave the green light to a Colombian justice minister's request and agreed to hand him over to a court in Bogota.
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.
Known as "The Nurse", Mr Arboleda Buitrago is accused of taking part in most of those abortions. Colombian authorities said the procedures were carried out in filthy conditions, with no medication, on women who were often in their final months of pregnancy.