El macabro hallazgo de la JEP en un cementerio de Arauca
La Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) informó este viernes que 34 cuerpos de personas dadas por desaparecidas en el marco del conflicto armado en el país, fueron recuperados luego de cuatro intervenciones en un cementerio de Saravena, en el departamento de Arauca.
TL;DR
- 34 bodies of disappeared persons from Colombia's armed conflict were recovered from the Catholic Cemetery in Saravena.
- The recoveries were made following four interventions by the JEP and its associated units.
- A precautionary measure issued in 2023 by the JEP aimed to protect unidentified and unclaimed bodies.
- 81 bodies in total were addressed, with 34 falling under the purview of the Search Unit for Disappeared Persons (UBPD).
- 27 recovered bodies were sent to the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences for identification.
- Seven cases involved post-mortem correspondence verification before bone samples were sent for identification.
- Colombia has a total of 124,734 disappeared persons, according to UBPD figures.