| Colombia: Military Involved in Extrajudicial Killing Sentenced |
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| Friday, 12 March 2021 13:28 |
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Excerpt: "Colombia's Santa Marta Court upheld a prison sentence against six military personnel for the murder of a farmer whom they passed off as a guerrilla fighter."
Colombia: Military Involved in Extrajudicial Killing Sentenced12 March 21
The Court dismissed all the elements raised by the defense and ratified the 32-year prison sentence previously approved by a lower court in 2018. The killing qualified as "an extrajudicial execution" since the defendants shot the civilian Cesar Martinez and concealed the crime by simulating alleged evidence. "The defendants stated they were attacked by several subjects with gunshots and therefore repelled the action, but there was no ammunition in the alleged combat area," the Sentence reads.
The soldiers were members of the Infantry Battalion Number 5 'Cordova' and assassinated Martinez on May 18, 2007, in the Chibolo municipality. A weapon classified as "war material" was found next to the corpse, but it did not present adequate conditions to be used. Furthermore, the Ballistics Technical Report showed that the victim was shot in the back from a long distance. |
olombia's Santa Marta Court upheld a prison sentence against six military personnel for the murder of a farmer whom they passed off as a guerrilla fighter.