Bogota, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) President of the Comunes Party, Rodrigo Londoño, on Tuesday said that the members of the secretariat of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) will publicly acknowledge their responsibility for the crime of kidnapping. .
Eight former commanders of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Thursday by Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace.
Colombian court accuses ex-FARC leaders of kidnapping, war crimes 3 minutes read
Bogota, Jan 28 (efe-epa).- Colombia’s Special Criminal Tribunal (JEP) on Thursday for the first time accused former FARC guerrillas of war crimes and indicted the now defunct rebel group’s last eight leaders for kidnapping and other serious crimes committed during the country’s lengthy internal armed conflict.
“The JEP’s Chamber for the Recognition of Truth and Responsibilty indicted eight members of the old Secretariat of the defunct FARC for crimes against humanity and war crimes within Case 01,” Magistrate Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll said on Thursday.
According to the judge, the judicial action taken against the former heads of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who are currently the leaders of the Comunes political party, “is the maximum reproach that this court can make and comes in response to the serious violations of the principle of humanity.”