Former general charged to protect Colombia's social leaders accused of war crimes by Megan Janetsky
by Megan Janetsky January 29, 2019
Human rights organizations rejected the appointment of a controversial military leader to spearhead the government program aimed at curbing the mass killings of social leaders.
A coalition of the country’s most important human rights and minority organizations called Colombian General Leonardo Barrero, who was removed from the military in 2014, an “ethically and morally handicapped person” to lead the so-called ‘Plan for Rapid Action’ (PAO) commission.
In a letter, the social leaders said that whoever does lead the commission, geared toward the protection of social leaders and human rights defenders, must have basic respect for human rights.
Barrero’s military career has been marred by a number of corruption, wiretapping and human rights scandals, including the murder of at least one social leader, who was dressed up as a guerrilla and presented as a combat kill to media.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/general-charged-to-protect-colombias-social-leaders-accused-of-war-crimes/
(This attempted appointment of a sadistic mass murder to a position of protecting targeted social leaders is far beyond cynical by Uribe-puppet President Duque.)