Colombia’s truth commission hears Uribe over war crimes

Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe on Monday testified before the Truth Commission about war
crimes committed he was head of state. Uribe admitted to signing off on the creation of 69 paramilitary
front companies called “CONVIVIR” as governor of Antioquia between 1995 and 1997 but he denied any
responsibility for the surge in paramilitary death squads when he was governor of Antioquia and the
extrajudicial executions of at least 6,400 people dead by members of the military when he was president
between 2002 and 2010. Truth Commissioner president Francisco de Roux announced his commission
would verify the claims made by Uribe as it is trying to clarify what happened during the armed conflict.
For further information, please visit: https://colombiareports.com/colombias-truth-commission-hears-
uribe-over-war-crimes/