Retired Colombian military officers confess to massacring innocent civilians
A total of 24 people, including retired military officers, government officials and civilians, publicly pleaded guilty of massacring about 300 innocent people in the Casanare department of Colombia, then framing them to government authorities as guerrilla fighters killed in combat to obtain rewards
Colombian President Gustavo Petro warns of coup plot against him
Retired members of Colombia’s military forces mobilized in Bogotá on Wednesday to protest the president and call for his removal
IACHR declares Colombian State responsible for extermination of left party
This follows the Special Jurisdiction for Peace from 2022 determining that during the genocide perpetrated against the party, nearly 6,000 people were murdered or disappeared
“We killed innocent people”: retired Colombian army officials confess to murdering civilians
Ten retired soldiers and one civilian admit to kidnapping and murdering 120 innocent peasants, framing them as left-wing guerrilla fighters killed in combat
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