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Who cares that more than 80,000 families in Colombia are searching for their missing loved ones?
by Jarrod Demir March 7, 2018
The number of civilians killed in Colombia’s armed conflict could be 30% higher than currently assumed, if the 83 thousand people who were forcibly disappeared are ever found.
An updated report by the National Center for Historical Memory (CNMH) found that the original finding of 60,730 forced disappearances was in actual fact much higher, up a staggering 22,268 from the previous estimate.
According to the government’s research institute, 82,998 people were forcibly disappeared between 1958 and 2017.
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“Forced disappearances are, perhaps, one of the most atrocious repressive practices utilized by actors of the conflict in order to impose their control,” said the CNMH.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/who-cares-that-more-than-80000-families-in-colombia-are-searching-for-their-missing-loved-ones/