Colombia defense ministry ordered to pay $460K for executing civilian
Colombia defense ministry ordered to pay $460K for executing civilian
Nov 20, 2014 posted by Joel Gillin
A judge has ordered Colombia’s Ministry of Defense to pay $460,000 to the family of taxi driver killed by soldiers in just one of the thousands of cases of extrajudicial killings by the army, according to local media.
Soldiers in the northern region of Cesar killed 27-year-old moto-taxi driver Carlos Arturo Madero and presented him as an extortionist in 2007, according to El Heraldo newspaper.
Madero’s brother expressed relief after the ruling, as his brother was cleared of the army accusations he was a criminal.
“We decided that it was through the law that it would be demonstrated and made public how they killed him and indicated that he was an extortionist,” he said.
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http://colombiareports.co/colombia-defense-ministry-ordered-pay-family-false-positive-victim/