Colombia trains troops Washington is ‘restricted from working with’: US general
Colombia trains troops Washington is ‘restricted from working with’: US general
May 8, 2014 posted by Philip Acuña
A top US general has caused controversy after commending the Colombian military for training personnel that Washington is “restricted from working with” due to human rights laws.
General John Kelly, Commander of the US Southern Command, praised Colombia for its military partnership with the US at a House hearing on April 29, and expressed the advantages of having Colombia as a proxy for US military training of foreign troops.
“The beauty of having Colombia — they’re such good partners, particularly in the military realm…when we ask them to go somewhere else and train the Mexicans, the Hondurans…they will do it almost without asking,” said Kelly.
The general’s most controversial comments however were in regards to Colombia’s new role as the region’s top exporter of military training and security services.
“But that’s why it’s important for them to go, because I’m—at least on the military side—restricted from working with some of these countries because of limitations that are, that are really based on past sins. And I’ll let it go at that,” Kelly added.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/colombian-military-allows-us-skirt-human-rights-laws-us-general/
