Army sergeant convicted of ‘false positive’ killing
The former head of intelligence for an army battalion in Cali, Sergeant Luis Eduardo Mahecha, has been found guilty of the extrajudicial killing of a peasant who he later falsely…
The former head of intelligence for an army battalion in Cali, Sergeant Luis Eduardo Mahecha, has been found guilty of the extrajudicial killing of a peasant who he later falsely…
A human rights prosecutor detained a former soldier without bail for allegedly killing a marine and presenting him as a member of an illegal armed group, reports El Tiempo. Deibis Brens…
The U.S. questioned the 2006 demobilization of a group of FARC guerrillas, which recent allegations say was faked by the governement, days after the event, according to a diplomatic cable…
Five Colombian soldiers have been charged with the “false-positive” murders of two civilians in order to inflate kill statistics, newspaper El Tiempo reported Wednesday. Allegedly, the military members killed civilians…
Cauca’s ombudsman will investigate the case of an indigenous man found dead wearing a guerrilla uniform, which local community leaders claim is a “false positive” killing by the army, according…
Three soldiers have been sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering two minors and reporting them as members of a criminal gang, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. The judge found Jamie Alonso…
Two Colombian former soldiers were found guilty of committing a “false-positive” murder of a civilian in order to inflate kill statistics and sentenced to 32 years in prison, W Radio reported…
Former soldier Julio Cesar Parga Rivas, who has been held in a U.S. jail on narco-trafficking charges since March 18, 2009, has been acquitted of all charges, the regional newspaper…
The Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating three alleged cases of “false positives,” civilians murdered by the army and reported as guerrillas, buried in what was alleged to be a…