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Colombian soldiers accused of killing 3 civilians

04 January 2011 01:45 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Colombian authorities have charged an army major and four other soldiers in the killings of three civilians, accusing the troops of falsely presenting the bodies as guerrillas slain in combat, APA reports quoting â€œAssociated Pressâ€.
The attorney general’s office says that Maj. Juan Carlos Del Rio Crespo and four other troops were charged in the 2002 killings of three members of the Agudelo family in Antioquia state, about 180 miles (290 kilometers) northwest of the capital, Bogota.
The attorney general’s office said Monday that its investigation determined the three were defenseless when they were slain, but that the soldiers later said the deaths happened during combat against the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.