For 1st time, Colombia calls general to trial for mass killing of civilians
Source: Colombia Reports
written by Adriaan Alsema January 27, 2017
For the first time since the breaking of the “false positives” scandal almost nine years ago, Colombia prosecutors called a general to trial to respond for the execution of civilians who were falsely reported as combat kills.
Retired General Henry Torres is one of 22 generals who are investigated over the mass killing of civilians that cost the lives of an estimated 4,000 civilians, mainly while former President Alvaro Uribe was in office and particularly when current President Juan Manuel Santos was defense minister.
Torres was arrested in March last year while prosecution investigators began looking into the killing of three farmers under the watch of the former commander of the 5th Division.
The alleged crimes occurred on April 6, 2007 in Hato Corozal, Casanare. Three locals were allegedly taken from a local establishment by several men – reportedly working for the now-defunct intelligence agency DAS – and bundled into a van.
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