Juan Martinez, community leader of ASOTRACAMPO, of the El Tamarindo community, has this evening recieved death threats to his personal cell phone. The message also threatened Colombian activists who have accompanied ASOTRACAMPO. Please send an email to the [American...
Month: May 2014
“Falsos positivos” en Colombia y el papel de asistencia militar de Estados Unidos
Hace unos días, un investigador de FOR, John Lindsay Poland, presentó en Washington, DC un informe en el tema de las ejecuciones extrajudiciales – los mal llamados “falsos positivos” - y el entrenamiento militar y apoyo financiero que ha recibido el Ejército Nacional...
The Rise and Fall of ‘False Positive’ Killings in Colombia: The Role of U.S. Military Assistance, 2000-2010
Our partner John Lindsay Poland has been working on a ground breaking work looking into the relationship between levels of US aid to Colombia, one of the highest recipients of US military aid and training in the world, and the incidence one of the most grievous forms...