Colombia's opposition wants defense minister sacked for trying to cover up murder
by Jake Kincaid April 30, 2019
Colombias house of representatives filed a motion to fire the defense minister on Monday after the minister was caught lying about the murder of an ex-FARC guerrilla.
Defense Minister Guillermo Botero on multiple occasions defended the murder of the ex-guerrilla Dimar Torres by a soldier last week, but was contradicted by the regional army commander who apologized for the murder.
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Torres neighbors in Convention caught the military unit that murdered the former guerrilla red-handed while the soldiers were digging a shallow grave close to the lifeless and tortured body of the demobilized FARC member. According to forensic prosecutors, the demobilized guerrillas private parts had been cut off and his skull had been crushed.
Prosecutor General Nestor Humberto Martinez said that the soldier who admitted to having killed Torres would be charged with homicide.
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