“Insinuó que tenía que matar a alguien”: nuevos relatos ante la JEP salpican al general Huertas por falsos positivos
En Granada, oriente de Antioquia, cuarenta exintegrantes de la IV Brigada del Ejército comparecieron ante la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) y...
TL;DR
- Forty former members of the IV Brigade confessed to participating in murders and forced disappearances in Granada, Antioquia.
- General Juan Miguel Huertas Herrera, currently head of the Army's Personnel Command, was implicated by several former soldiers.
- Testimonies allege that Huertas, as a captain, ordered the execution of civilians and provided weapons to simulate combat casualties.
- The JEP is considering including Huertas in the 'false positives' macro-case in Antioquia.
- Between 2002 and 2007, Antioquia experienced at least 589 murders and 228 forced disappearances attributed to the IV Brigade.
- 50 Army members have been charged by the JEP; 42 have accepted responsibility.
- Eight generals who did not submit to transitional justice face potential prison sentences if found guilty.