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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Luis Jaime Acosta

Families of Colombian victims urge soldiers to reveal who ordered killings

Relatives of victims react during a recognition hearing, organised by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), for so-called "false positive" killings that had taken place in Catatumbo, when soldiers murdered people and recorded them as guerrillas killed in combat in order to earn promotions and other rewards, in Ocana, Colombia April 27, 2022. Nicole Acuna/Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP)/Handout via REUTERS

Families of victims of extrajudicial executions committed by Colombian soldiers asked perpetrators to reveal who ordered the murders, during the latest public hearing of the country's transitional justice court on Wednesday.

The so-called "false positive" killings, when soldiers murdered at least 6,402 people and recorded them as guerrillas killed in combat in order to earn promotions and other rewards, are one of Colombia's most notorious human rights violations.

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