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GRANADA, Colombia -- Fabio Rodríguez Benavides, 23, a cheerful young man known as Little Horse because of the size of his teeth, said goodbye to his mother at about 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, 2007, to meet his girlfriend and have some drinks.
Three days later, he turned up dead. Authorities say he was killed in a firefight with the Colombian armed forces, that he was well armed and wore the boots of a rebel fighter.
His family says that's preposterous; he was a member of the armed forces, on leave because of an injured leg, and he revered the military.
Rodríguez's death is one of 1,855 being investigated by the Colombian attorney general's office as possible examples of nonjudicial executions linked to the armed forces. Many victims were peasants, some were teens, or mentally impaired individuals, or drug addicts. One was a street mime.
http://www.miamiherald.com/579/story/1096347.html
By miamimike on Jun 13, 2009, 21:21 in Politics & the war.
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billyb says on Jun 14, 2009, 00:30: Of course there is going to be abuses Mike, but on the whole, the program has resulted in more successes than abuses, we don't want to throw out the child with the bath water. "All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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El Expatriado says on Jun 14, 2009, 01:56: I think they should court martial and execute some of the abusers to stop this, likethe purport to do in the US.
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miamimike says on Jun 14, 2009, 04:16: Not saying it should Billy but on the wrongful deaths the Perps should be rounded up,, tried in court and justice meted out in the court of law. Our Soldiers in Iraq are held to this standard and if Col is using Plan Colombia Funds, they should be held to the same standard. It will help with the passage of a FTA in Colombia. Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte después Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte de 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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dwmte7 says on Jun 14, 2009, 04:16: in a previous post, someone suggeted that human rights abusers should receive as their punishment, go out and clear land mines. great learning potential in this punishment. patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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makopp5 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 14, 2009, 04:37: "the prosecutions decline."
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miamimike says on Jun 14, 2009, 04:45: makopp5 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 14, 2009, 04:37 (today): flag Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte después Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte de 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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miamimike says on Jun 14, 2009, 05:54: Makopp-In your links, it doesn't show sum total of all the Perps rounded up, tried in court and who are actually sitting in jail. Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte después Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte de 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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makopp5 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 14, 2009, 07:06: MM
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dwmte7 says on Jun 14, 2009, 10:56: martin.....screw prison........put them in the selva clearing mines. patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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makopp5 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 14, 2009, 11:57: Tone loc
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dwmte7 says on Jun 14, 2009, 16:45: i didn't understand that last line? patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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