The controversy was sparked by the recent discoveries of bone remains that correspond to people who disappeared between 2002 and 2003.
Hard shock.
Following the recent announcements by the Special Peace Jurisdiction about the discovery of skeletal remains that correspond to four people reported missing between 2002 and 2003a fight broke out between President Gustavo Petro and former President Álvaro Uribe due to doubts about who bears responsibility for these crimes.
“It is proven that in commune Then they handed over the area to the paramilitary bloc and it tortured and disappeared hundreds of young Antioquians,” Petro said.
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“The government at that time said that it carried out the operation to remove the ELN from the commune, now the ELN is doing the same. The path of transformations and opportunities for progress is Peace. The rattle war leaves nothing but death,” he added.
Given these indications, Álvaro Uribe responded, stating that: “Comuna 13 was not handed over to either the paramilitaries or Maduro. There our Government found the FARC, the ELN Commandos, the paramilitaries. Thanks to our Armed Forces, to our Democratic Security Policy, the same one that protected you so that you could do politics without asking permission from the paramilitaries, Commune 13 today is an International tourist destination,” indicated the leader of the Democratic Center.
Besides, He assured that hundreds of paramilitaries were taken to prison and many were extradited. “They didn’t take Maduro out because he wasn’t there,” he said.
Finally, Uribe challenged Petro to sue him if he has evidence of any improper action he had committed that involved a crime.
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“I wish you would remove Maduro, the ELN and the FARC from Catatumbo. We will soon make other references on this topic,” he pointed out.
The president’s response was immediate and he stated that he had already shown the evidence in the past. that civilians were murdered in La Escombrera at the hands of state forces.
“I already made my complaint, former President Uribe. You don’t have to challenge me. I did it in 2003 in the plenary session of the House of Representatives, and I presented the evidence: an injured eyewitness who escaped death and saw how CTI agents from the Luis Camilo Osorio Prosecutor’s Office murdered young people who were thrown in the place where my wounded witness lay in La Escombrera. They had passed through several Army checkpoints from commune XIII on the day of Operation Orión,” Petro indicated.
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