Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
Death in the peace process
Despite the end of the civil war with the Farc, the Colombian state is still suspected of murdering political opponents then framing them as guerillas, says NICK MacWILLIAM
Colombian special forces, pictured in training, are still fighting left-wing rebel groups
On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
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WHEN the New York Times reported in May that Colombian military generals had ordered increased kills and captures of members of armed groups, the government swiftly sought to minimise potential damage to its human rights image.
The revelations brought back alarming memories of the military’s role in systematic extrajudicial executions known as “False Positives,” the majority of which were committed under the Alvaro Uribe governments of the 2000s.
The False Positives saw the army lure thousands of young and poor people with false job offers before murdering them and dressing them in guerilla uniforms to imply success in combatting the Farc insurgency. Soldiers also received financial incentives and other rewards for kills.
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