Farc has been known to use home-made IEDs costing $5 a go rather than imported landmines. At the privately owned Integral Rehabilitation Centre in Bogota, 17-year-old IED victim Jonathan Marin Blandon describes the moment his life was changed forever. It was December 2004 when the accident happened. My brother and I had just finished collecting recyclable bottles and we decided to take a rest on a park bench in the town where I lived. I noticed what looked like a basketball in a plastic bag lying on the bench. I moved the bag along the bench to make space for us to sit down. Then there was a massive explosion, like a bomb or a big grenade going off. I was 12 years old at the time. Read more here. Semana International delivers news about Colombia in English. Find more in our home.