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Judi Lynn

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Wed Mar 17, 2021, 07:14 PM Mar 2021

'Macaco' joins other former warlords to testify before Colombia's Truth Commission

by Adriaan Alsema March 17, 2021

One of Colombia’s most important former paramilitary commanders asked to testify before the Truth Commission over his role in the country’s armed conflict.

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The BCB was one of the AUC’s most powerful paramilitary groups until the demobilization of their more than 7,600 members between 2003 and 2006.

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The BCB’s late political leader, Ivan Roberto Duque, died in 2019, three says after committing to cooperate the Truth Commission about the crimes of the organization he led with Jimenez. Before )his death, Duque estimated that the BCB and other paramilitary groups’ political influence reached so far they had half of Congress in their pocket in 2002.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/macaco-joins-other-former-warlords-who-will-testify-before-colombias-truth-commission/

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