Peña Nieto congratulates Colombian president for Nobel Peace Prize

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end Latin America's longest-running armed conflict.

Mexican government congratulated the Colombian president for winning the Nobel Prize.

“Congratulations @JuanManSantos for the @NobelPrize, a great recognition of his leadership and commitment to achieve peace in Colombia," posted president Peña Nieto on Twitter.

Santos is the first Latin American to receive the peace prize since indigenous rights campaigner Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala won in 1992, and is the second Colombian laureate after writer Gabriel García Márquez, who won the literature prize in 1982.