Colombia’s Peace Tribunal Says Former Rebel Leaders Committed War Crimes Against Indigenous Groups
The tribunal said the suspects oversaw torture, murder and landmine use against five Indigenous groups over two decades.
- On Tuesday, Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace charged 10 former Revolutionary Armed Forces members with war crimes and crimes against humanity against five Indigenous groups committed between 1996 and 2016.
- Three members of the FARC's last secretariat are among those accused of waging systematic attacks in southeast Colombia, where the rebel group exerted strict territorial control over rainforests and savannahs.
- The tribunal alleges the suspects oversaw the torture, murder, and forced displacement of Indigenous leaders while ordering subordinates to place landmines in Indigenous territory and destroy ecosystems tribes rely on for survival.
- Koreguaje leader Yhon Jairo Figueroa praised the JEP, stating that for the first time, the state recognizes that armed groups "attempted to kill the knowledge, the language, the territory" of Indigenous groups.
- Suspects have 30 days to respond to the charges. Those who accept will provide reparations and participate in truth schemes to avoid prison; those found guilty after contesting face up to 20 years in prison.
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Julián Gallo, Jaime Alberto Parra, Milton de Jesús Toncel and other former guerrillas face charges of murder, forced disappearance and torture against the Nükak, Korebajü, Siona, Hitnü and Jiw communities
Three former chiefs and seven middle commanders of the once powerful guerrilla group face charges for acts allegedly committed between 1996 and 2016 in the Amazon and Orinoquia of Colombia, historic rebel bastions. They are involved in "crimes related to extermination, murder, enforced disappearance, torture, persecution, forced displacement, use of anti-personnel mines against five indigenous peoples," says a statement from the Special Jurisdic…
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Colombia’s peace tribunal says former rebel leaders committed war crimes against Indigenous groups
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s transitional justice system Tuesday charged 10 former members of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia with multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity, which it said were committed against five Indigenous groups.
Colombia's peace tribunal says former rebel leaders committed war crimes against Indigenous groups
Colombia’s transitional justice system has charged 10 former members of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia with war crimes and crimes against humanity
Among those called upon to recognize their responsibility are three members of the last secretariat and seven former commanders of the Southern and Eastern blocs. The post JEP accuses former chiefs of the Farc for crimes against indigenous peoples appeared first on La Silla Empty.
Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) held ten former FARC guerrilla commanders responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity against five indigenous peoples in the Amazon.
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