Colombian army colonel charged with complicity in massacre
Colombian army colonel charged with complicity in massacre
Mar 6, 2014 posted by Charlane Robinson
A Unit of the Prosecutor’s Office at Cali’s High Court has made an indictment against a Colombian army Colonel for his alleged involvement in the murder of 24 people, local media reported on Thursday.
The High Court reopened the investigation of Jorge Alberto Amor Paez, former commander of the Palace Battalion — which was posted in the municipality of Buga in the southern Colombia state of Valle del Cauca — for his alleged involvement in the massacre of 24 local people by the AUC right-wing paramilitary group in 2001.
The investigation by the Prosecutor General’s office alleges that the Colonel bypassed protection procedures and surveillance of his jurisdiction, allowing the infiltration of 30 heavily armed paramilitary members into the nearby townships of La Habana and Alaska, who then conducted the massacre of 24 local people.
On 10 October 2001, the former commander allegedly knowingly failed to act upon information provided to the battalion, which allowed the entry of the armed AUC into townships and committing the murders.
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http://colombiareports.co/24-people-slaughtered-watch-army-colonel/
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U.S.- trained Colombian Military Intelligence Officer Complicit in Massacre of Peasants: Report
May 27, 2009 ·
The warrent was issued by the specialized human rights prosecutor in the city of Calí, Juan Carlos Oliveros Corrales and confirmed Lieutenant Colonel (Jorge Alberto) Amor Páez’s participation in the massacre of 24 peasant farmers.
Some background: on October 10, 2001, members belonging to right-wing paramilitary group the Calima Bloc arrived in the rural community of Tres Esquinas, selected eight unarmed people from the community and proceeded to murder them.
They then went to the communities of Alaska and La Habana, which are located within the municipality of Buga, department of Valle de Cauca, ordered men, women and children from their homes and forced them to go to an area near the Alaska Agricultural and Livestock School.
The paramilitary members ordered the men and children to form a line and minutes later began to shoot them indiscriminately. There were 16 victims, among them several children.
He is clearly a senior official figure.
Uribe himself has faced numerous allegations of close ties to paramilitary groups. In 2007 former US Vice President Al Gore cancelled his participation in a pro-environment event Uribe was to attend in Miami due to the continuing allegations against the controversial Colombian president.
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http://jamblichus.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/u-s-trained-colombian-military-intelligence-officer-arrested-over-paramilitary-massacre-of-peasants/
