3,500 Colombian state agents investigated for killing civilians

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Colombia Reports

3,500 Colombian state agents investigated for killing civilians
Monday, 29 August 2011 20:02
Adriaan Alsema

Colombian prosecutors are investigating 3,473 state agents for "false positives," - the extrajudicial execution of civilians to present as guerrillas killed in combat - the country's prosecutor general said Monday.

According to Colombian media, Prosecutor General Viviane Morales said, "the Human Rights Unit has been assigned 8,295 cases (of human rights violations), of which 1,598 regard homicides committed by state agents. At this moment 3,473 state agents are being prosecuted; 1,489 have been indicted and 1,411 are in jail."

Morales added that 315 state agents have been convicted for human rights violations, reported RCN Radio.

The "false positives" scandal broke in 2008 when men who had disappeared from Soacha, a town south of Bogota, were found in a mass grave near the Venezuelan border. It was discovered the men had been registered by the army as guerrillas killed in combat.

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[duhneece]

1. Always glad when recognition of atrocities occurred

And the people responsible are held accountable. Any action done for justice is good...we just don't have enough or else Bush & Cheney would be charged.