Colombia's peace tribunal has indicted 10 former FARC members over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity against Indigenous communities between 1996 and 2016.
01Summary
- 01The Special Jurisdiction for Peace charged 10 ex-rebels on Tuesday with alleged torture, murder and forced displacement in southeast Colombia.
- 02The tribunal said the crimes targeted five Indigenous groups and involved orders to plant landmines on Indigenous territory.
- 03Three of those accused were members of the FARC's last secretariat, and one suspect is Julian Gallo, who later served eight years as a senator.
- 04Colombia's Truth Commission said 450,664 people were killed in the conflict between 1985 and 2018, and 121,768 were forcibly disappeared.
02Why it matters
The case is a major test of Colombia's transitional justice system and its ability to hold former rebels to account. It also matters to Indigenous communities who say they were targeted for their land, language and survival.
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