Colombian soldiers convicted of trade union murders

The Washington Post quoted political commentator Daniel Coronell on this: "This proves what human rights groups and the United Nations had long reported, that some sectors of the army had the practice of killing civilians and passing them off as guerrillas."

So let’s celebrate this victory over Labor Day in the US.  It may be a cheap ploy by the Colombian government to push for a Free Trade Agreement with the US (this was a high profile case that was frequently referenced in the US Congress as an argument against an FTA), but we have to take the victories we can get in this work.

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