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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 02:58 PM
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Four Colombian soldiers dismissed for 'false positive' murder
Four Colombian soldiers dismissed for 'false positive' murder
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 11:40
Miriam Wells

Four Colombian soldiers have been dismissed from the national army for killing a peasant and dressing him like a guerrilla fighter.

Colombia's Inspector General's Office said the men had "completely and knowingly failed in their professional duty" when they killed a civilian in a rural area near the town of Silvania, Cundinamarca district, in August 2003.

Third Corporal Wilmar Bedoya Arias and soldiers Manuel Crane Páez, Alexander Sánchez Cacais and Jhon Jaime Beltrán García, then tried to "justify their actions by presenting this civilian as a militant killed in self-defense, claiming he was carrying a weapon he had used against them."

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More than 3,000 cases of 'false positives' are currently being investigated.

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/20486-four-colombian-soldiers-dismissed-for-false-positive-murder.html
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