Colombian president posts video purporting to show 23 ‘neutralised’ guerrillas in body bags
- Colombia’s hardline president, Abelardo De La Espriella, has provoked outrage after posting a video on social media in which he strides through rows of white body bags that he says contained the corpses of 23 “neutralised” guerrillas.
- De La Espriella took power last month vowing “all-out war” against illegal armed groups and he published the footage on Thursday in an apparent attempt to show he was fulfilling that pledge.
- “I promised to confront terrorism without hesitation and I’m keeping that promise,” the far-right politician wrote above the video.
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- Colombia’s hardline president, Abelardo De La Espriella, has provoked outrage after posting a video on social media in which he strides through rows of white body bags that he says contained the corpses of 23 “neutralised” guerrillas.
- De La Espriella took power last month vowing “all-out war” against illegal armed groups and he published the footage on Thursday in an apparent attempt to show he was fulfilling that pledge.
- “I promised to confront terrorism without hesitation and I’m keeping that promise,” the far-right politician wrote above the video.
Sources: Guardian