More dismembered bodies found in west Colombia port town

More dismembered bodies found in west Colombia port town
Jan 16, 2015 posted by Piotr Wojciak

The authorities of Buenaventura, Colombia’s biggest port on the Pacific, rang the alarm after discovering two new dismembered corpses in a mass grave near the docks on Wednesday. According to the Valle del Cauca state police, the remains belong to two local men. The relatives of the victims confirm the men have been missing for a few days, having last been seen leaving for work at a construction site.

~snip~

It is presumed that all three are new instances in the blood-chilling case referred to as “chop-houses” – abandoned houses where gangs torture, dismember and “disappear” their victims. Last year, a number of similar stories of cut up body parts washed onto the shore of Buenaventura appalled the country.

After the disappearance of three fisherman and one street vendor in the early months of 2014, and subsequent pressure from human rights organizations and the United Nations, the authorities intensified the investigation into the “chop-houses” case.

Following reports by the local population who could hear wailing and crying coming from the nearby abandoned wooden houses, several such sites of torture were identified all across the town. They were ordered to be destroyed.

~ snip ~

“Buenaventura has gone back in time and resembles the worst periods of paramilitary violence against a civilian population in Colombia’s history,” Jose Vivanco, the director of HRW’s Americas division, told Caracol Radio during a visit to the violence-ridden city in May last year.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/dismembered-bodies-found-west-colombia-port-town/