Army official sentenced for ‘false positive’ killings
A former army official was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for the “false positive” killing of three civilians in northern Colombia in 2007, reported newspaper El Espectador.…
A former army official was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for the “false positive” killing of three civilians in northern Colombia in 2007, reported newspaper El Espectador.…
The Supreme Judicial Council will investigate complaints by the prosecutor general over delay tactics contributing to only 82 convictions out of 1,486 investigations into alleged “false positive” extrajudicial executions, Caracol Radio…
“False positive” cases should be processed through regular courts and not through the military justice system, said Christian Salazar, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia, La FM…
United Nations representative Christian Salazar called on Colombia to investigate cases of unidentified persons killed in combat, who he claimed should be reclassified, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Salazar commended the…
Colombia’s comptroller general has opened investigations into the alleged payment of rewards for the killing of three FARC guerrillas in 2005, 2007 and 2009, El Espectador reported Thursday. The comptroller…
Two prosecutors in a “false positive” case allegedly attempted to bribe an ex-paramilitary to testify against the military and deliver information surrounding the whereabouts of the victims’ bodies, according to…
The former commander of the Colombian army, Oscar Gonzalez Peña, made “obvious” efforts to “frustrate” internal investigations into the killing of hundreds of civilians by members of the army, a…
Colombia’s Vice President Angelino Garzon condemned on Monday the lenient treatment of ex-army officers detained in the Tolemaida military detention center, local media reported. “It should be clear that individuals…
A Colombian human rights NGO on Monday criticized Juan Manuel Santos’ commitment to human rights while he was serving as defense minister from 2006 to 2009. “The national government and…