Relatives of ‘false positive’ victims campaign in Europe
The “Mothers of Soacha,” a group representing relatives of Colombian civilians killed by the army, on Tuesday began a tour of Europe to gather support for their demand for justice,…
The “Mothers of Soacha,” a group representing relatives of Colombian civilians killed by the army, on Tuesday began a tour of Europe to gather support for their demand for justice,…
Demobilized members of now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC admitted to kidnapping a civilian, who was later killed by soldiers and reported as a guerrilla killed in combat. According to “Voces del…
Eight Colombian soldiers are accused of murdering three street vendors in 2003 and reporting them as members of a criminal band. On 26 April 2006, Juan Francisco Parra Santamaria, Elkin…
Six military officials are being investigated by Colombia’s Prosecutor’s General’s Office for allegedly killing two men in 2003 and then presenting them as guerrillas killed in combat. The men will…
Colombia’s inspector general said that the extrajudicial killing of civilians by the country’s armed forces was caused by pressure to please the armed forces’ high command and the government, newspaper…
Army Major Orlando Arturo Cespedes Escalona, deputy commander of the Joint Task Force in Sucre, was arrested for his alleged part in the murder of eleven young people, who were…
Seven Colombian soldiers have been sentenced to 34 years in jail for their part in a “false positive” murder of a civilian who they then reported as a guerrilla killed…
Eight soldiers are being held without bail for allegedly killing a couple and their 3-year-old daughter, and falsely reporting them as FARC guerrillas killed in combat. On November 26, 2006,…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday called 29 soldiers to trial for their alleged involvement in the 2005 murder of two civilians, who the soldiers reported as guerrillas killed in…