Tag Archives: Colombian Military
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 »
A MAJOR IN THE COLOMBIAN ARMY SAYS THAT THE CLAN DEL GOLFO IS MADE UP OF FORMER COLOMBIAN MILITARY IN CHOCÓ
By Camilo Alzate González, EL ESPECTADOR, April 2, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) While a transitional justice … Read More »
THE ARMY IS COVERING UP ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MASSACRE THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE VILLAGE OF EL REMANSO
AGENCIA PRENSA RURAL, April 1, 2022 https://prensarural.org/spip/spip.php?article27845 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Witnesses have confirmed that on Monday, … Read More »
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE OPERATION IN PUTUMAYO WHERE THERE ARE COMPLAINTS THAT CIVILIANS WERE KILLED
EL ESPECTADOR, March 30, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/lo-que-se-sabe-del-operativo-en-putumayo-en-el-que-denuncian-que-murieron-civiles/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) In a military operation in Putumayo, aimed … Read More »