The military of the South American country played an inglorious role in the civil war in Colombia. There are serious allegations against an ex-general – but a court denied the indictment.
A court in the Colombian capital Bogotá refuses to indict a former general accused of killing more than 100 civilians.
The Supreme Court of Bogotá did not allow the prosecutor’s request, reported the newspaper El Tiempo, citing the court on Monday evening (local time).
Accordingly, the court justified the refusal by saying that crimes related to the armed conflict in Colombia, which were committed before December 1, 2016, fell within the jurisdiction of the Special Justice for Peace (JEP).
Mario Montoya Uribe, who commanded the Colombian army between 2006 and 2008 and resigned in the scandal surrounding the so-called falsos positivos (false positives), is accused of instigating the killing of at least 104 civilians. According to the Special Justice for Peace, the Colombian military killed at least 6,402 civilians between 2002 and 2008 and pretended to be enemy guerrilla fighters in order to meet quotas and receive rewards for doing so.
Colombia has suffered civil war between the armed forces, left-wing guerrilla groups and right-wing paramilitaries for more than 50 years. More than 220,000 people were killed and millions were displaced within Colombia. The largest rebel organization, Farc, signed a peace treaty with the government in 2016. Among other things, the special jurisdiction was agreed in it.
The so-called falsos positivos are one of the most painful and emotional aspects of coming to terms with the civil war, also because they were often young men who were lured away from home with the prospect of well-paid work. Mothers and family members such as those in the “Mothers of Soacha” association are still fighting for justice to this day.
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