Colombia prosecution accused of arbitrarily arresting activists on bogus bomb charges

Colombia prosecution accused of arbitrarily arresting activists on bogus bomb charges
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Jul 9, 2015

Colombia’s second largest rebel group ELN said on Wednesday that it is unfamiliar with any of the 15 people who were arrested for a double bombing in Bogota last week. A local human rights organization said that the majority of detainees belong to its organization.

Police and prosecution officials carried out a series of raids on Wednesday, arresting 15 for allegedly carrying out the bombings “in the name of the ELN.”

14 ‘ELN rebels’ arrested over Bogota bomb attacks

The raids followed almost a week of confusing claims the ELN was behind the attack on two offices of pension fund Porvenir.
However, the rebel group has yet to accept responsibility for the attacks and, in response to the arrests, said to not know any of the detainees.

Human Rights organization Congreso de los Pueblos (Peoples’ Congress) said it did know the majority of the detainees, claiming they are legitimate rights defenders and members of the NGO.

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