A new ‘false positive’ case is under investigation despite government assurances
The case under investigation was filed December 26, 2008 in Monteria, Cordoba in north west Colombia. It pertains to the murder of a civilian who was presented as a guerrilla killed in a confrontation with the FARC.
‘False positives’ is the name given to extrajudicial executions
of civilians by soldiers or police, who then report the victims as
rebels killed in combat, often for a financial reward.
Both Uribe and Santos have said on numerous occasions in the past that many of the accusations of extrajudicial executions by the security
forces are false.