ICC investigates Uribe over mass execution of civilians during his terms .

ICC investigates Uribe over mass execution of civilians during his terms .
Friday, 08 February 2013 06:48 Olle Ohlsen Pettersson

Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe is being investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his alleged role in the extrajudicial killing of 3,000 innocent civilians who security forces presented as left-wing rebels killed in combat.

Uribe, who was president between 2002 and 2010 when most of these killings took place, is currently being investigated by the prosecutor of the ICC for human rights violations committed during his administration. Violations which still have not been investigated by the Colombian justice system, reported Spanish newspaper Publico.

One of the most notorious ICC court cases against Uribe refers to the so-called "false positives" scandal, or the murder of civilian peasants and urban poor who were portrayed as FARC guerrillas killed in action. According to Uribe, the false positive cases were “isolated events,” although the ICC said more than 3,000 cases had been brought before them from Colombian prosecutors.

“There are probable reasons to believe that it was a state policy, these assassinations, committed to increase the indications of military success, could be considered crimes against humanity,” said the ICC.

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