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Motoya faces JEP justice - General Mario Montoya reviews soldiers in Colombia
War in the time of General Montoya
7 September 2023 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia’s former Army commander Mario Montoya was indicted on August 30 for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The retired general is accused by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace of adopting “a de facto policy that prioriti [...]
The truth about a disinformation campaign against the transitional justice process in Colombia. Former military officials confess before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP). Colombia: unburying of a political smear against transitional justice
18 July 2023 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
On 27 June, the resounding confessions of four soldiers involved in the killing and cover-up of the death of a 23-year-old farmer disproved a vast campaign of disinformation disseminated by the party of former president Álvaro Uri [...]
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 Truth in Colombia: “Your sons were innocent people we murdered”
23 May 2022 by Thierry Cruvellier
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 [...]
Colonel Rubén Darío Castro speaks to victims of Colombia: The day 10 army officials accused of false positives faced their victims
2 May 2022 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
It was an unprecedented scene in Colombia. On April 27 and 28, in the heart of the mountainous region of Catatumbo, 10 members of the national army admitted to the murder of 120 civilians in front of the victims’ families. A major [...]
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Colombian army soldiers look at the bodies of dead FARC rebels
4 January 2022 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia: 21 Army officials own up to war crimes and crimes against humanity This is another major result for Colombia’s transitional justice: at the end of 2021, 21 former Army officials acknowledged their responsibility over the murder of civilians who were then passed off as rebels killed in combat. In [...]