Another four people were wounded. The bodies showed signs of torture. Five others were wounded. They were travelling in a car. Their homes were also burned down. Another six were wounded. Another six people were wounded. Another six people wounded. Earlier they had been abducted at Garagoa. They had been abducted there on June Two children were wounded. This occurred in the village of Las Brisas, Mesetas jurisdiction. They had been abducted that same day from the La Esperanza farm in the village of Limonar, La Pollata Inspection, Tauramena municipality.
They had been tortured. Among them were four children, four women and four old people. They also burned ten homes. In the investigation, the Public Order Judge handling the case ordered the arrest of five persons.
Cubarral, village of La Central. On the Los Bejucos ranch in the municipality of Trinidad. It entered into force on January 12, The international crime of genocide is defined in Article II of the Convention as any act committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.
It is not the purpose of this section to accuse the Colombian Government of the acts of genocide described in this report. However, some reference must be made to the responsibility it bears by virtue of the foregoing: Failure to honor the provisions of the American Convention that make it incumbent upon the States parties to respect the rights and freedoms recognized therein and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise thereof; Article 1 in relation to articles 4, 5 and 7, the rights to life, to humane treatment and to personal liberty ;.
Failure to properly investigate the systematic killing that constitutes genocide, with the result that the material or intellectual authors of the crimes have never been formally identified; and. Failure to punish the guilty, who enjoy absolute impunity Article 8, the right to a fair trial. Moreover, because of these circumstances, the Colombian Government is also responsible for the fact that the innocent next-of-kin of the victims have been left unprotected and defenseless; they have not been awarded any kind of compensatory damages, except in the case of the family of the mayor of Sabana de Torres and the family of his bodyguard.
