Colombia charges presidential hopeful with mass murder
by Adriaan Alsema July 15,
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal charged 15 members of a now-defunct army unit with the murder of 176 people and forced disappearance of 120 others.
Among the charged former soldiers is convicted Colonel Hernan Mejia, who was named “Best Soldier of the Americas” twice and wants to run for president for the far-right Democratic Center party next year.
Mejia was released from prison where the former commander was serving a 19-year prison sentence after submitting to the transitional Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP).
One of the JEP’s most tense cases
Mejia and his successor at the notorious La Popa army battalion, former Colonel Juan Carlos Figueroa, were released from prison as part of an ongoing peace process.
The colonels and their 13 former subordinates will be exempt from prison if tell the truth about the disappearances and murders of civilians who were falsely presented as combat kills between 2002 and 2005.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-charges-presidential-hopeful-with-mass-murder/
Colonel Hernan Mejia, practicing his famous "Who farted" expression.
