Medellin could be Latin America's largest mass grave, Colombia's war crimes tribunal finds out
Source: Colombia Reports
Medellin could be Latin Americas largest mass grave, Colombias war crimes tribunal finds out
by Adriaan Alsema September 9, 2019
Recent findings of Colombias war crimes tribunal indicate that Medellin has been trying to hide the fact it is Latin Americas largest mass grave and may have been falsifying homicide rates for propaganda purposes.
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) last week ordered to inspect two quarries where, according to a local court, more than 300 people are buried.
The citys authorities reluctantly told the court it had buried at least 900 homicide victims at the municipal cemetery between 2002 and 2012 without efforts to identify the victims.
Because the citys administration admitted to only have precarious information on how many unidentified bodies were really dumped in the municipal cemetery, the court ordered to conduct interviews with the authorities in charge of the administration of the cemetery or with those in charge of keeping records of the entry, removal or movement of the bodies of buried persons.
Read more: https://colombiareports.com/medellin-could-be-latin-americas-largest-mass-grave-colombias-war-crimes-tribunal-finds-out/
Nitram
(22,663 posts)Things were fine when high quality marijuana was the main illegal drug being sold. Cocaine changed everything.
EX500rider
(10,517 posts)Jamaica & the Bahamas have a higher homicide rate then Colombia these days.
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Nitram
(22,663 posts)to see what has happened in Colombia since I lived there.