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February 23, 2021

Colombian Inquiry Reveals Army Carried Out 6,400 Extrajudicial Killings from 2002-08
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In Colombia, an inquiry by a special court has revealed the Colombian
Army carried out over 6,400 extrajudicial killings, known as "false
positives," between 2002 and 2008. The Army then falsely deemed their
victims as leftist rebels, in order to boost their combat kill rates and
appear as if they were winning Colombia's half-century, U.S.-backed
conflict against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as
the FARC. A peace deal was signed in 2016. 


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