Colombian generals investigated for role in mass killings of civilians: Report

[Judi Lynn]

Colombian generals investigated for role in mass killings of civilians: Report
posted by Adriaan Alsema
May 19, 2013



[font size=1]Mario Montoya (top left), Jose Leonardo Gallego (top right), Jorge Arturo Salgado (bottom left) and Henry William Torres[/font]

Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating former army commander General Mario Montoya and three other generals for their alleged role in the extrajudicial killings of thousands of civilians, reported El Tiempo Sunday.

All generals are suspected to have carried a direct responsibility for the killing of civilians who were subsequently dressed up as civilians to be registered as guerrillas killed in combat. According to the United Nations, Colombia’s armed forces — in particular the army — killed 4,000 civilians to cook the books in regards to their institutions’ effectiveness, a practice that was euphemistically dubbed “false positives.”

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Part of the investigation is to establish whether the army helped cover up paramilitary killings by reporting these deaths as guerrillas killed in combat, something that has been alleged by former paramilitary warlord H.H., who was subsequently extradited to the U.S.

So far, no Colombian general has been charged with complicity in the mass killings of civilians that, according to a purification of army figures, grew so common that in 2007, at least one in five reported combat kills was in fact an executed civilian.

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-generals-investigated-for-mass-killings-of-civilians-report/

[DCKit]

1. They weren't complicit, it just happened all by itself.

I'm not even going to list the excuses.

[Catherina]

2. "killed 4,000 civilians to cook the books"

"at least one in five reported combat kills was in fact an executed civilian"
Horrible!

Bring em all to justice.

[bvar22]

3. And yet, the Repressive Right Wing Government of Colombia...

...continues to bask in the approval of the United States,
with copious amounts Foreign Aid,
and NOW holds a Brand New "Free Trade" agreement,
thanks to the Obama Administration.

Meanwhile, the true Democracies of Latin America get nothing but Demonization & Condemnation from the leadership of BOTH Parties.

You would think that a country like the USA that pays so much Lip Service to words like "Democracy", Human Rights" and "Freedom" would be more supportive of the real thing.


Colombia is one of the last remaining Right Wing Death Squad Colonies left in South America. The continued support for Colombia chases the emerging Consumer Class markets across Latin America straight into the hands of Russia and China.

The Populist Reforms sweeping across Latin America, largely condemned or unreported in the USA, gives me hope for the World.

VIVA Democracy!
I hope we get some here soon!

Meanwhile, here at home:
Corporate Profits Hit Record High While Worker Wages Hit Record Low
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/03/1270541/corporate-profits-wages-record/?mobile=nc