Report on Colombia's controversial army orders to double results 'plagued with errors'

[Judi Lynn]

by Adriaan Alsema July 28, 2019

A report on controversial orders to double the combat kills and captures of Colombia’s army is “plagued with errors,” according to Human Rights Watch Americas chief Jose Miguel Vivanco.

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Furthermore, the report claimed that there have been no complaints about extrajudicial executions, which is false. Multiple alleged “false positives” have been reported in the media.

Vivanco found multiple “serious errors and omissions,” apparently because the commission failed to look at documents contradicting their findings.

For example, according to the commission, the army orders would prioritize captures and surrenders over kills, but a document published by news website La Silla Vacia evidently made no such prioritization.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/report-on-colombias-controversial-army-orders-to-double-results-plagued-with-errors/