on 26 april 2013 the south sudanese government announced that it had granted an amnesty to ssla fighters and that 3,000 men, comprising the entire force, had taken up the offer, crossed the border from sudan and brought around 100 vehicles with them (including 37 technicals armed with machine guns and aa guns). president salva kiir pardoned all ssla members who had surrendered their weapons to security forces. the former ssla members are to be integrated into the south sudanese army. two other militia groups also took up the amnesty offer. an ssla spokesperson said "our forces have joined the peace process with the south sudan army" and that "because south sudan needs development, peace and forgiveness, we have decided to end rebellion in south sudan". the surrender took place in mayom county, unity state and were led by the ssla's commander, brigadier general bapiny monytuel. ssla commanders will meet president kiir in juba within a week to formalise the surrender arrangements.