Criminal politicians fail to repair Colombia’s victims of paramilitary violence
Criminal politicians fail to repair Colombia’s victims of paramilitary violence
Oct 1, 2014 posted by Nicolas Bedoya
Condemned paramilitaries and para-politicians have not been handing over their money and assets to Colombia’s Victim Reparation Fund as ordered by the court.
The killing took place in Cauca, a conflict-ridden state in the southwest of Colombia, where a 27-year old man was killed at an Army checkpoint on Sunday.
An Army colonel told local newspaper El Universal that the Army has asked for “ballistic tests to check for weapons fired. The Army wants full transparency and clarity, and supports the judicial authorities to clarify these facts. In the event that charges have been filed, the full weight of the law will fall on these soldiers, “said the official.
The victim’s sister explained the alleged homicide to local reporters.
“They were coming and the Army made them stop, detained them and then let them go. Later they began shooting and my brother fell.. More than 50 shots were fired and they shouted ‘We are the Army’.”
“We want to see justice, we want to know why they did it,” the sister was quoted as saying in local newspapers.
The Army confirmed the victim had arrived at the army checkpoint on a motorcycle and called his death a “military error”.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/30-soldiers-suspended-allegedly-killing-civilian/