Tag Archives: Colombian Military
THE KILLING OF A SMALL-SCALE MINER BY THE COLOMBIAN ARMY IS STRONGLY CONDEMNED
ContagioRadio, July 26, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) There was strong condemnation in the last few days … Read More »
REFORMING THE RIOT POLICE AND CHANGES IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSALS BY THE COMMISSION
EL TIEMPO, June 29, 2022 https://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/investigacion/comision-de-la-verdad-propone-reforma-del-esmad-y-cambios-a-la-fiscalia-683501 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The Final Report included recommendations, which are … Read More »
HIGH-RANKING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY OFFICERS KNEW ALL ABOUT THE “FALSE POSITIVES”, REPORT SAYS
By Silvia Corredor Rodríguez, EL ESPECTADOR, May 6, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/jep-y-desaparecidos/falsos-positivos-altos-mandos-militares-y-civiles-como-expresidentes-uribe-y-santos-si-sabian-de-las-ejecuciones-extrajudiciales/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The Strategic Litigation … Read More »
“WE NEED MORE OF THE WHOLE TRUTH,” THE VICTIMS OF THE FALSE POSITIVES DEMAND TO THE JEP
Colombia+20, EL ESPECTADOR, April 27, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/jep-y-desaparecidos/falsos-positivos-segundo-dia-de-audiencia-de-reconocimiento-de-responsabilidad-de-militares-por-ejecuciones-extrajudiciales/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) After listening to two days of … Read More »
THEY WEREN’T LIES. LET’S LET GO OF THE DENIAL.
EL ESPECTADOR, May 1, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Faced with the heartbreaking testimonies by ten soldiers … Read More »
“LIKE A COWARD, I MURDERED CIVILIANS”: SOLDIERS ADMIT “FALSE POSITIVES”
EL TIEMPO, April 26, 2022 https://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/jep-colombia/jep-falsos-positivos-que-reconocieron-militares-en-audiencia-667794 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) A milestone for transitional justice took place … Read More »
RELIVING OUR OWN CALVARY
Message from the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó April 18, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) … Read More »
THE ARMY CONTRADICTS ITSELF AND FAILS TO DISPEL THE DOUBTS ABOUT ITS OPERATION IN PUTUMAYO
By Valentina Parada Lugo, EL ESPECTADOR, April 17, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/conflicto/ejercito-se-contradice-y-no-despeja-dudas-sobre-operativo-en-putumayo/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) While the military … Read More »
WHY ARE THEY KILLING US IF THEY’RE THE ARMY?
By Carolina Tejada, Agencia Prensa Rural, April 7, 2022 https://prensarural.org/spip/spip.php?article27865 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) “The community was … Read More »
THE PUTUMAYO OPERATION: THE ARMED FORCES WON’T SAY WHETHER CIVILIANS WERE KILLED
EL ESPECTADOR, April 7, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/operacion-en-putumayo-fuerzas-militares-no-responden-si-hay-civiles-muertos/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) At the press conference, Minister Diego Molano … Read More »