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Ex jefe del ejército debe ser investigado PDF Imprimir E-Mail
escrito por John Lindsay-Poland   
Friday, 21 de November de 2008
El general Mario Montoya, jefe del ejército colombiano, dimitió ayer en medio de un escándalo que vincula a miembros de las Imagefuerzas de seguridad con homicidios de civiles.

Organizaciones de derechos humanos han relacionado al general Montoya con varios casos de violaciones de derechos humanos. Estas denuncias deben ser investigadas con eficacia e independencia por los tribunales civiles, y la dimisión del general Montoya no se debe utilizar como pretexto para enterrarlas.

Entre las denuncias contra el general Montoya está la de que en 2002 colaboró con grupos paramilitares en Medellín en el curso de los intentos de arrebatar a los grupos guerrilleros el control de algunas zonas de la ciudad. Esta operación militar, denominada “Operación Orión”, se caracterizó por violaciones reiteradas de derechos humanos, incluidas ejecuciones extrajudiciales, contra civiles que residían en los barrios afectados.

A comienzos de la década del 2000, en el departamento de Putumayo, en el sur del país, soldados a las órdenes del general Montoya también fueron acusados de colaborar con grupos paramilitares. Cientos de cadáveres, muchos de ellos mutilados, han aparecido en los últimos años enterrados en zonas de Putumayo que, por entonces, estaban bajo el control de las fuerzas de seguridad y los grupos paramilitares.

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La semana pasada, el escándalo relacionado con los presuntos homicidios de decenas de varones jóvenes de Soacha, cerca de la capital, Bogotá, que más tarde el ejército había presentado falsamente como “guerrilleros muertos en combate”, les costó el puesto de trabajo a 27 miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad, entre ellos tres generales.

Estos últimos homicidios no son sino la punta de un gigantesco iceberg. Amnistía Internacional y otros grupos de derechos humanos colombianos e internacionales llevan años denunciando las ejecuciones extrajudiciales en Colombia, donde esta práctica sigue siendo generalizada y sistemática.

El gobierno colombiano ha reconocido finalmente que el problema existe; pero sigue sin admitir las verdaderas dimensiones del problema. Miles de civiles han sido víctimas de homicidio o desaparición forzada a manos de las fuerzas de seguridad a lo largo de los últimos 40 años de conflicto. Todas las denuncias de ejecución extrajudicial deben ser objeto de una investigación efectiva por parte del sistema de justicia civil.

Todas las partes enfrentadas en el prolongado conflicto armado de Colombia –grupos guerrilleros, paramilitares y fuerzas de seguridad– han cometido graves abusos contra los derechos humanos y violaciones del derecho internacional humanitario.

La dimisión del general Montoya se produce tan sólo una semana después de la publicación de un exhaustivo informe de Amnistía Internacional sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Colombia.
 
Consulten el informe «¡Déjennos en paz!» La población civil, víctima del conflicto armado interno de Colombia en: http://www.amnesty.org/es/library/info/AMR23/023/2008/es
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Gen. Montoya was named by Colombian president Uribe the ambassador to the Dominican Republic
written by SOA Watch, April 01, 2009
Instead of being charged for his crimes and his proven connections to paramilitaries, Gen. Montoya was named by Colombian president Uribe the ambassador to the Dominican Republic. To read the article, visit: http://www.dominicantoday.com/...ppearances
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what is to be expected from uribe?
written by tony b, April 08, 2009
Uribe once pal of Pablo Escobar now U.S. puppet: http://www.newsweek.com/id/54793
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They kill their own then blame guerrillas
written by John P Ovando, April 16, 2009
Uribe is suspect in the killing of his own father during a botched deal with Drug runners that would've benefitted himself but dad was wary, and was shot right in front of his helicopter., enraged that the capos present for the failed deal didn't have "the balls" to do what they knew was "necessary" .., The FARC would later take the blame in what was dubbed a flawed kidnapping attempt.., The former head of AUC Carlos Castano Gil was offed by his own men, and his brother Fidel Castano Gil was also killed by orders of Castano himself, And yet a third brother is currently missing and is presumed dead, So much infighting and family feuding puts into doubt the familiar parroting of "the FARC did it"...
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