Play challenges Colombia to remember Trujillo massacres

[Judi Lynn]

Play challenges Colombia to remember Trujillo massacres
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 16:14 Hannah Stone

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A play about the massacres of Trujillo, carried out by paramilitaries in collusion with the security forces, will open in Bogota in September.

"The Duty of Fenster" ("El deber de Fenster") is the fictional story of an editor who is commissioned to make a documentary about the killings of more than 300 people in the town of Trujillo, Valle del Cauca department, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The series of brutal murders, mutilations, and rapes were carried out by paramilitaries and the Cali cartel, with the collaboration of Colombia's security forces.

No one has been convicted for these crimes, although former President Ernesto Samper acknowledged the state's responsibility for the killings.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/culture/11838-fenster-trujillo-massacre.html

The massacre chosen for this play is chosen well in the past, to avoid angering present administration, or firing up the current death squads. Still, how many people are even going to dare to attend?