Soldiers receive 40 years in prison each for false positive murders
A criminal court in central Colombia has sentenced six soldiers to 40 years in prison each for their part in false positive murders of civilians.
A criminal court in central Colombia has sentenced six soldiers to 40 years in prison each for their part in false positive murders of civilians.
Four non-commissioned Army officers, a soldier, an ex-policeman and a civilian were sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday for selling arms to guerrilla groups.
Colombia’s Inspector General ordered the dismissal and of 12 professional soldiers in relation to the murder of a civilian. 11 of the soldiers also face a 15-year ban from the…
Five army men have been dismissed on Tuesday from the Colombian Army and barred from running for public office for 20 years in reprisal for the extrajudicial killing of two…
Six Colombian soldiers accused of murdering a family in a “false positive” killing have been released from jail, after a one-year deadline for their trial expired. The slaughter happened at…
Five Colombian soldiers were accused Tuesday of murdering two farmers, in the latest case of “false positive” killings, in which elements of the armed forces kill civilians and report them…
Nine military officers on Thursday were sentenced to 46 years and six months in prison for the “false positive” killing of three peasants in a rural area near Cali, southwest Colombia, in…
Former navy Colonel Luis Fernando Borja Giraldo was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 years in prison for the murder of civilians to inflate military kill counts. Giraldo pleaded guilty to…
Colombian authorities have accused 15 members of the military for five “false positive” killings in the northeast Casanare department, various media reported Friday. Following investigation, the Prosecutor General’s Office has…