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The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Colombia president provokes disgust by posing with bodies of ‘terrorists’

Military officials inspect rows of body bags after an anti-narcoterrorism operation
Still from video posted on social media by Abelardo De La Espriella (centre). Photograph: Abelardo De La Espriella

Colombia’s hardline president, Abelardo De La Espriella, has provoked outrage after posting a video on social media in which he strides through rows of white body bags that he says contained the corpses of 23 “neutralised” guerrillas.

De La Espriella took power last month vowing “all-out war” against illegal armed groups and he published the footage on Thursday in an apparent attempt to show he was fulfilling that pledge.

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