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Breaking the Grip?
Obstacles to Justice for Paramilitary Mafias in Colombia
Map of
Colombia
Glossary
I. Summary
and Recommendations
II.
Background: Paramilitaries, Impunity, and the Justice and Peace Law..
III. Changes
to the Justice and Peace Law..
Constitutional
Court Ruling..
Executive
Decrees
IV.
Confessions under the Justice and Peace Law..
Problems in
the Taking of Confessions
Flawed Lists
of Applicants
Insufficient
Resources
Most
Applicants Have Withdrawn from the Process
Types of
Abuses Confessed..
Paramilitaries’
Statements about Accomplices
Statements
Implicating Members of the Security Forces
Statements
Implicating Politicians
Statements
Implicating Businesses and Economic Backers
Unanswered
Questions
The La
Rochela Massacre..
The
Mapiripán Massacre..
The El Aro
Massacre..
The El
Salado Massacre..
The Chengue
Massacre..
Extraditions
of Paramilitary Leaders
The
Government’s Failure to Ensure Paramilitaries Fulfill their Commitments
The Impact
of Extraditions on Truth and Accountability in Colombia..
What the US
Department of Justice Could Do..
V. The
Parapolitics Investigations
Background
on Supreme Court Investigations
The Role of
the Attorney General’s Office..
Status of
Prominent Cases
Initial
Progress in Cases Related to Jorge 40’s Computer
Delays and
Cases of Concern in the Attorney General’s Office.. 100
Uribe
Administration Response.. 110
Proposal to
let the “Parapoliticians” Out of Prison.. 111
Attacks on
the Supreme Court112
Failure to
Adequately Reform Congress122
Judicial
Reform Proposal124
VI.
International Legal Standards127
Victims’
Rights to Truth, Justice, and Non-Repetition of Abuses127
The Right to
Justice.. 127
The Right to
Truth.. 130
Potential
for Involvement of the International Criminal Court131
Acknowledgments136
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