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May 15, 2018

Report: Colombian Army Executed Up to 10,000 Civilians, Claiming They Were Rebels
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In Colombia, a new study accuses the Colombian military of executing up
to 10,000 civilians and then claiming they were rebels between 2002 and
2010. The practice, known as "false positives," was used to boost the
army's kill statistics in the war against FARC rebels and to justify
U.S. military funding for the Colombian army. One of the study's authors
said boys with disabilities were specifically targeted. Colombian
President Juan Manuel Santos formerly served as defense minister from
2006 to 2009, at the height of "false positive" killings program.