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Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
The dismissal of 20 officers and seven noncommissioned officers for extrajudicial executions of civilians presented as battlefield casualties "is a triumph for human rights organisations and for Colombian society"
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
His name is Daniel Rendon Herrera, also known as ''Don Mario,'' a 43-year-old owner of several aircraft and vessels
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
The CIA "had full knowledge of what was happening in Angostura," the border area in Ecuador where the attack took place
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
Carlos Patino Restrepo was flown to the United States and arrived in an armored car for his arraignment Thursday in U.S. District Court in Central Islip
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
Mr. Uribe said the objective of the arrests was to ''completely eradicate whatever perverse notion might remain in any member of the armed forces who is not committed to absolutely respect human rights.
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
Pillay applauded the fact that these cases are being investigated by civil courts, and encouraged the Colombian Attorney General to strengthen its Human Rights Unit
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
An Ecuadorean presidential commission has concluded that U.S. intelligence services infiltrated the Andean nation's military and police and supported a cross-border incursion by Colombian troops
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
Ecuador charged on Thursday the CIA infiltrated its military and knew of a Colombian military raid against rebels in Ecuadorean territory
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
Worryingly, the case of the Soacha youths may not be an isolated one. There have been reports of similar disappearances of young men in two other parts of the country
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 00:00
The Bush administration is poised to suspend lucrative trade benefits to Bolivia in a move that could further worsen tensions between the U.S. and the impoverished South American country