Military commanders investigated over FARC attack that killed 11 soldiers

Source: Colombia Reports

Military commanders investigated over FARC attack that killed 11 soldiers
posted by Matthew Dancis
May 24, 2015

Colombia’s Inspector General’s office has opened an investigation against nine members of the military, suspecting their negligence and omission attributed to the killing of 11 soldiers in a recent FARC attack.

The investigation is over a series of faulty information reported by the military and a lack of witness testimonies on an alleged FARC ambush that left 11 uniformed soldiers and two guerrillas dead on April 15 in the municipality of Buenos Aires in the province of Cauca.

Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez‘ probe will cover three main areas of focus, namely whether there was a failure to follow precautionary protocol, whether key details on the attack were omitted from the military’s report, and whether weapons were hidden from the initial investigators from the forensic prosecution investigators.

Among those being investigated are Colonel Pedro Antonio Garcia, commander of the battalion in question, his superior officer Andres Bushel, and nine other non-commissioned officers.


Read more: http://colombiareports.com/military-commanders-investigated-over-farc-attack-that-killed-11/

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(Who benefits from this trouble? The only ones who have NOT struggled to see this peace process succeed, the right-wing politicians and military, all of whom have benefitted from US money pouring into the country during their civil war.)