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Duque 'not afraid of truth' about Colombia's armed conflict; maybe he should be?
by Adriaan Alsema November 25, 2020
Colombia’s far-right President Ivan Duque‘s denied fearing the truth about the country’s armed conflict on Tuesday amid mounting evidence he does, and for a very good reason.
The president fiercely responded to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, who said Duque “fears the truth and is impeding the reconstruction” of what happened during the armed conflict.
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Bandits and war criminals
According to the president, the former commander of the AUC is a “bandit’ and a “war criminal,” which has been proven in court.
What Duque is trying to prevent is that Mancuso and other former AUC leaders testify before war crimes tribunal JEP and prove that the president and his political allies are war criminals and “scum,” as former AUC commander Ramon Isaza called the cousin of former President Alvaro Uribe, a former Medellin Cartel associate and the president’s political patron.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/for-his-own-good-colombias-alleged-mafia-puppet-president-may-want-to-fear-the-truth/
