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Peace court: Colombia army 'behind 6,400 extrajudicial killings' [View all]
Source: BBC
Peace court: Colombia army 'behind 6,400 extrajudicial killings'
18 February 2021
An inquiry in Colombia has found that 6,402 civilians were killed by the military between 2002 and 2008 and falsely passed off as enemy combatants.
The number of killings, known as "false positives", is almost three times higher than previous estimates.
The inquiry is by a special court looking into crimes committed during a half century of conflict between troops and left wing rebels.
A peace deal ending the conflict was signed in 2016.
What were the "false positives?
It is the name given to the killings of young men - mainly from poor families - carried out by the Colombian army.
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18 February 2021
An inquiry in Colombia has found that 6,402 civilians were killed by the military between 2002 and 2008 and falsely passed off as enemy combatants.
The number of killings, known as "false positives", is almost three times higher than previous estimates.
The inquiry is by a special court looking into crimes committed during a half century of conflict between troops and left wing rebels.
A peace deal ending the conflict was signed in 2016.
What were the "false positives?
It is the name given to the killings of young men - mainly from poor families - carried out by the Colombian army.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56112386
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