Article 5KY9N Colombian court accuses soldiers of murdering at least 120 civilians

Colombian court accuses soldiers of murdering at least 120 civilians

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Military also accused of disappearing 24 people and presenting them as guerrilla fighters as part of false positives scandal

A Colombian court has accused 10 members of the military and a civilian of forcibly disappearing 24 people and murdering at least 120 civilians and falsely presenting them as guerrilla fighters who had been killed in combat.

Related: The false positives' scandal that felled Colombia's military hero

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