Colombia’s prosecution is allegedly blaming two innocent men for an attempt to massacre black minority leaders in the southwest of the country in May.
The family of the two brothers who were arrested for the attack on Francia Marquez and 15 other leaders said that one of the bodyguards who repelled the attack ruled out that the suspects are the perpetrators of the attack.
Additionally, the suspects were elsewhere at the time of the attack, Brigid Perez, the sister of the suspects told the radio station.
Brigid Perez
Victor Hugo Moreno, one of the leaders who were targeted in the attack, told newspaper El Espectador last month already that he believed that Perez’ brothers and a minor who was arrested are innocent.
According to Moreno, the arrests were a “false positive,” random arrests to show fake results while the real perpetrators are still free.
Victim Victor Hugo Moreno
Despite the multiple indications that the real perpetrators of the attack are still free, the prosecution continues to refuse to release the men it arrested, according to the suspects’ sister.