Searching for the disappeared must be priority at Colombia peace talks -official
3 minute read · April 19, 2023 8:35 PM UTC · Last Updated 5 hours ago
By Julia Symmes Cobb
Luz Janeth Forero, director of Colombia's Search Unit for Disappeared People, speaks with Reuters, in Bogota, Colombia April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Nathalia Angarita
BOGOTA, April 19 (Reuters) - The search for tens of thousands of people who were disappeared during Colombia's six-decade conflict must be a priority at peace and surrender talks with rebel groups and crime gangs, the top official tasked with finding them said on Wednesday.
At least 104,600 people have been forcibly disappeared in connection with Colombia's conflict between leftist rebels, right-wing paramilitaries, criminal groups and the government. Nearly 89,800 remain missing.
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The country's truth commission estimated the number of disappeared could be as high as 210,000.
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