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October 30, 2008

Colombia Fires Military Officers After Discovery of Mass Grave
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And in Colombia, President Álvaro Uribe says his government has fired
more than two dozen officers and soldiers involved in the killings of
innocent civilians. The victims’ bodies were recently uncovered in a
mass grave. Uribe said his government would curb abuses in the military.

Colombian President Álvaro Uribe: “In the instances of the army where
there’s been negligence, a lack of care with following the procedures
that have to be observed, and this has enabled some people to get
involved in crimes, crimes resulting from the plotting between
delinquents and members of the army.”

Human Rights Watch recently accused Uribe of trying to block several
probes of his allies’ ties to right-wing death squads. Uribe has
proposed to strip the investigating court of most of its authority.



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