March 10, 2021 – 4:12 PM
In front of:
Colprensa and editors of El País
The Institute of Legal Medicine has not disclosed the identities or ages of those killed in a bombing of FARC dissidents in the Guaviare department, the entity said in a statement.
The clarification is given in response to Wednesday’s controversy regarding one of those killed in the bombing by the armed forces being a minor.
In fact, opposition leaders have indicated that, according to community complaints, several minors would be killed.
The entity confirmed that on March 4, it received 10 bodies from the bombings that took place near the Ajajú River, in the village of Buenos Aires, in the municipality of Calamar, Guaviare.
He noted that the authorities are in the process of identification and that the results will be reported to the prosecutor in the case when there is complete certainty about identities.
“The information provided by third parties and disclosed to the media regarding the identity of the bodies is neither official nor provided by the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences,” he said.
He explained that the official information will only be provided to the relevant authorities.
The case is central to the controversy brought by Defense Secretary Diego Molano through statements to the media where he called the people who were in the camps “war machines,” including allegedly minors.
“They train them for a long time, they dehumanize them. That’s why our force has to dismantle those structures,” the minister said in an interview with W Radio.
The bombed camp is said to be under the command of alias Gentil Duarte, one of the FARC dissidents, who is being demanded by multiple arrest warrants for the crimes of recruiting minors, drug trafficking, terrorism, kidnapping, rebellion, environmental destruction. and order an Interpol.
After the military operation, 12 people died, three people were imprisoned and two minors were found, who were handed over to the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare in San José del Guaviare.
Likewise, seven rifles, two 7.62 caliber machine guns, a submachine gun, a multiple grenade launcher, a carbine, eight short weapons, 43 suppliers, 2225 cartridges of various calibers, three sights, 60 field equipment, 15 uniforms for exclusive use of the Public Force, 10 multifunctional vests and 12 laptops.