Security Forces Killed Civilians, U.N. Says
From Times Wire Reports
Colombian security forces have killed civilians and covered up their actions by dressing the bodies as Marxist rebels, according to testimony in the 2005 report from the United Nations high commissioner for human rights.
U.N. investigators saw an increase last year in allegations of extrajudicial executions attributed to soldiers and police who often presented such incidents as deaths of guerrillas in combat, the report said.
A Colombian government statement said the report caused “surprise and concern.”
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