MIRAVALLE, Colombia—The nine former rebel fighters, who traded their guns, battle fatigues and heavy rucksacks for paddles, helmets, and life jackets, launch four rafts laden with visitors into the turbulent Pato River, deep in Colombia’s dense Amazon jungle.
The former guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have chosen rafting as their path to reintegration, as the government pushes to make tourism a top engine of the Andean nation’s economy.
