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Colombia's memorial institute erasing war crime history of government allies
by Adriaan Alsema March 2, 2020
Colombia’s National Center for Historical Memory (CNMH) has been censuring conflict studies and erasing the criminal history of government allies.
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From victimizers to victims
Last week, Acevedo announced an agreement with controversial ranchers federation Fedegan, one of the primary financiers of paramilitary groups that killed approximately 100,000 people.
The agreement included the publication of a book highlighting how 10,000 ranchers were victims of leftist guerrilla groups.
At least two ranchers who claimed to be guerrilla victims are notorious for using paramilitary terror to dispossess land from farmers, newspaper El Espectador found out.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-memorial-institute-erasing-war-crime-history-of-government-allies/