He’s responsible for 53 executions, now he faces his victims | Fault Lines Documentary

Fault Lines captures the confession of a Colombian colonel responsible for the deaths of 53 innocent civilians and asks their families for forgiveness in exchange for amnesty.

In the mid-2000s, Colombia sought to prove it was finally winning its long-running war against the country’s armed rebels. Military top brass pressured ground troops to kill more fighters in action. 因此, soldiers executed thousands of civilians, framing them as rebel fighters, and called them “false positives”. Soldiers who delivered the highest body counts were rewarded with bonuses, promotions, and other perks.

在 2022, Colombia’s truth commission revealed at least 6,402 civilians were executed between 2002 和 2008. 現在, as a result of Colombia’s historic 2016 peace deal, military officials responsible for these atrocities can qualify for amnesty in exchange for truthful testimony about their war crimes.

導向器: Jeremy Raff
製作人: Bruno Federico, Simone Bruno, Jeremy Raff
Directory of Photography: Bruno Federico and Jeremy Raff
編輯: Leslie Atkins
Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian
Fact Checking: Jeremy Young
Digital Producer: Riham Mansour
Archivist: Shelley Simpson
Sound mix: Luke Rohwer
Colorist: Edwin Rodriguez
Special thanks: Kavitha Chekuru and Adrienne Haspel

This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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