Colombia: the ‘false positive’ number that sets off a political storm
9 March 2021By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, our correspondent in Colombia
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has published key findings, including an incomplete and stunning number of civilians murdered by the military and passed off as rebels killed in combat – the infamous “false positives”. Victims can feel vindicated for their long-held complaints. But former president Uribe – under whose watch false positives spiked and dropped – and his allies are calling it a witch hunt.
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