4 Colombian soldiers charged with 'false positive' murders .
Source: Colombia Reports
4 Colombian soldiers charged with 'false positive' murders .
Friday, 10 August 2012 06:59 Katharina Wecker
Four Colombian army soldiers were charged Thursday for the "false positive" murders of three civilians who the soldiers presented as guerrillas killed in combat.
A Colombian court sentenced the four soldiers to 31 years and four months each for murdering construction builder Albeiro David Meza and the two cycle rickshaw drivers Hamilton Fuentes and Willis Monterrosa on July 6, 2007.
All three men were contracted for an alleged work on a cotton farm in the northern Sucre department where they were then shot and dressed up as guerrillas.
The soldiers were convicted for the murder of protected persons, aggravated forced disappearance, conspiracy, falsification of public documents and fraud.
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