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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Tue Dec 16, 2014, 05:58 PM Dec 2014

Did 90, and not just 11, disappear in Colombia’s 1985 Palace of Justice Siege?

Did 90, and not just 11, disappear in Colombia’s 1985 Palace of Justice Siege?
Dec 15, 2014 posted by Piotr Wojciak

Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating the remains of 92 people who could have been among those allegedly disappeared during the 1985 Palace of Justice siege in Bogota in which at least 100 people were killed.

According to deputy Prosecutor General Jorge Fernando Perdomo, his office is investigating several mass graves in the central states of Boyaca, Meta and Cundinamarca, where bodies of those disappeared during the siege of the Palace of Justice are presumably buried.

The official told national television network Caracol that the graves contain 92 bodies that could possibly all relate to survivors of the siege.

Perdomo made the claim only days after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights convicted the Colombian state for the disappearance of eleven released hostages and it’s failure to adequately investigate the tragedy and the role of the army in the presumed extrajudicial execution of the survivors.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/90-not-just-11-disappear-1985-palace-justice-siege/

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Tue Dec 16, 2014, 10:39 PM

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From the article:

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights convicted the Colombian state for the following crimes:

•Disappearing and executing a supplement Supreme Court magistrate
•The illegal detention, torture and killing of citizens suspected of being M-19 guerrillas
•The failure to clarify what happened during the siege
•The failure to prevent the death of civilians

According to Perdomo, the renewed activity of the prosecution in the 29-year-old case is not only because of the international court order.

“It’s a matter of honor to establish what really happened at the Palace. We have to solve this historical and judicial riddle. The latter one is more complicated cause those found responsible will have to be punished,” said the official.

The Deputy Prosecutor General said that army officials suspected of the torture and murder of siege survivors may soon be called to court.

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