Paramilitary group ‘formed by Uribe’s brother’ suspected of 533 homicides
Paramilitary group ‘formed by Uribe’s brother’ suspected of 533 homicides
written by Adriaan Alsema October 25, 2016
The paramilitary group allegedly formed by the brother of former President Alvaro Uribe carried out a many as 533 homicides, according to weekly Semana that was leaked the prosecution’s case file on the rancher.
Santiago Uribe was called to trial on Friday after spending the past half year in jail awaiting the trial over his alleged role in the formation of paramilitary group “The 12 Apostles” in Yarumal, Antioquia in the early 1990s.
While the group was originally formed to carry out “social cleansing” in the area around Yarumal, the prosecution claims the group ended up murdering all kinds of people including housewives, farmers and police inspectors.
The majority of witnesses of Uribe’s alleged involvement in the death squad have been murdered since the case first came to light in 1997, but not all, according to the 280-page case file.
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http://colombiareports.com/paramilitary-group-formed-uribes-brother-suspected-533-homicides/
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