Colombia's military suspected of tampering war crime witnesses
by Adriaan Alsema February 18, 2021
Colombias war crimes tribunal ordered investigations into the military for allegedly tampering witnesses testifying against former commanders over the mass killing of civilians.
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace formally asked the Prosecutor Generals Office and Inspector Generals Office to investigate witness claims that lawyers provided by the military were telling former soldiers not to incriminate generals to avoid problems in 2019 and last year.
One soldier testified that attorneys provided by the Specialized Technical Defense Fund (Fondetec) told us: what evidence do you have to link [retired] general [Mario] Montoya, the [former] commander of the army. Your situation could be turned upside down.
Montoya is suspected of being one of the architects of the sinister practice to execute civilians and present them as guerrillas killed in combat that became common under former President Alvaro Uribe.
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https://colombiareports.com/colombias-military-suspected-of-tampering-war-crime-witnesses/