Colombia melts seized weapons into rods for homes
STORY: These seized weapons will be
used to build low-income housing
Location: Tuta, Colombia
Colombian authorities melted
almost 29,000 weapons
that were once in the hands
of criminal organizations
(Jose Joaquin Amezquita Garcia, Colombian Armed Forces)
“During the melting process, a part will be transformed into steel for construction rods. Low-income housing will be built with those rods. We consider this virtuous. Today, elements that were doing harm in Colombia’s streets will have a virtuous use."
Among the seized weapons were rifles,
machine guns and rocket launchers