Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Mothers of Soacha receive an apology: Colombia acknowledges extrajudicial killings” – below is their description.
The Colombian government has issued a long-awaited public apology for the extrajudicial killings of 19 young men in the capital, Bogota.
During the conflict with FARC rebels, Colombian soldiers carried out more than 6,000 so-called “false positive” killings where innocent civilians were murdered by the military and made out to be fighters.
But a group of mothers fought for the truth about their children and are now being recognised.
Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota, Colombia.
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