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During an event of the Truth Commission of Colombia, three ex-Colombian officers, standing on a platform, meet a woman (she is shaking hands with one of them). In the background, a large screen shows the words
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Truth in Colombia: “Your sons were innocent people we murdered”

This was the last major public hearing before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Colombia. On May 10 in Soacha, three retired soldiers listened to 13 women tell them about the unbearable and permanent pain of losing their son or brother. The ex-soldiers admitted their responsibility in the "false positives" scandal, extrajudicial executions carried out […]
By Thierry Cruvellier
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