PoliticsColombian president posts video purporting to show 23 ‘neutralised’ guerrillas in body bags

Colombia’s hardline president, Abelardo De La Espriella, posted footage of himself walking among white body bags that he said held 23 “neutralised” guerrillas killed in a military operation in the Colombian Amazon. Human rights activists and political opponents condemned the video as a dehumanising political spectacle.

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TThe Guardian★★★☆☆2026-09-04 13:50Original