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Colombia·Human Rights

Colombian military killed nearly 8,000 civilians and registered them as combatants, peace tribunal finds

Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 07:07 · 1 min read

Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (a transitional justice tribunal established under the 2016 peace agreement with FARC rebels) has revised upward the number of civilians killed by the military and falsely recorded as enemy combatants to 7,837 — more than 1,400 higher than previously confirmed. The tribunal, which expanded its investigation period from 1990 to 2016, found that soldiers — sometimes under orders from superiors — killed young men, dressed their bodies in combat uniforms, and presented them to media as guerrilla fighters killed in action, in what became known as the "false positives" scandal. Tribunal president Alejandro Ramírez warned the figure is likely to rise further, while President Gustavo Petro called the practice "the worst crime against humanity committed in the Americas this century"; most killings occurred during the presidency of Álvaro Uribe between 2002 and 2010.

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Al Jazeera Arabic — مراجعات قضائية.. هكذا سُجّل آلاف الضحايا المدنيين في كولومبيا متمردين ↗︎
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