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Mothers of murdered sons fight for justice in Colombia
By Steven Grattan
Bogotá
9 minutes ago
Beatriz Méndez last saw her son and nephew alive in 2004
Beatriz Méndez sifts through heaps of yellowed newspaper clippings in her small home in the Colombian capital, Bogotá.
She collected them over the last 14 years as testament to her fight for justice after her son, Weimar, and her nephew, Edward, were killed.
Ms Méndez last saw them alive on 12 June 2004. The next time she saw them, they were in a morgue.
They were almost unrecognisable, bruised and battered from alleged torture. Both were just 19 years old.
For three days after their disappearance, Ms Méndez and her family searched local police stations and hospitals to no avail. Then came a call from a family member.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52356400