The year that saw Pastrana’s administration end and Uribe´s begin was one of the most violent years in modern Colombian history. Continue reading 2002: In the heart of urban violence
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Operation Orion
The Corporation for Judicial Freedom (CJL) represents relatives of the victims of Operation Orion which, according to the National Centre for Reparation and Reconciliation, was “the largest urban military operation ever to take place in Colombia”,[1] which left one person dead, 28 injured and 355 arrested.[2] Continue reading Operation Orion
Enforced disappearances in La Esperanza
Between 21st June and 27th December 1996, the paramilitary group Autodefensas Campesinas del Magdalena Medio (ACMM) disappeared 16 people, including three children, in the hamlet of La Esperanza in the municipality of El Carmen de Viboral (Eastern Antioquia), having labelled them as collaborators of the illegal armed groups that operated in the area. Continue reading Enforced disappearances in La Esperanza
La Escombrera
According to testimony from witnesses and some former paramilitaries, La Escombrera, a vast area situated in the higher parts of the Medellin’s District 13, was used to dump construction waste and for “the clandestine burials of victims of enforced disappearances”. Continue reading La Escombrera
Cases of extrajudicial killings taken on by CJL
The Corporation for Judicial Freedom (CJL) represents the relatives of the victims of approximately 60 cases of extrajudicial executions involving members of the Security Forces, most of which took place in Eastern Antioquia. Continue reading Cases of extrajudicial killings taken on by CJL