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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) \u2014 Colombia\u2019s transitional justice system Tuesday charged 10 former members of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia with multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity, which it said were committed against five Indigenous groups. In a news conference the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, or JEP, said that between 1996 and 2016 the suspects oversaw the torture, murder and forced displacement of Indigenous leaders. It said they also ordered their subordinates to place landmines in Indigenous territory and destroy ecosystems that tribes rely on for their survival. \u201cToday we are delivering justice to the most forgotten peoples of a segregated Colombia,\u201d JEP magistrate Catalina Diaz said Tuesday. \u201cThese people have had their basic right to exist compromised.\u201d Three former members of the FARC\u2019s last secretariat are among… <\/p>\n

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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) \u2014 Colombia\u2019s transitional justice system Tuesday charged 10 former members of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia with multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity, which it said were committed against five Indigenous groups. In a news conference the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, or JEP, said that between 1996 and 2016 the suspects oversaw the torture, murder and forced displacement of Indigenous leaders. It said they also ordered their subordinates to place landmines in Indigenous territory and destroy ecosystems that tribes rely on for their survival. \u201cToday we are delivering justice to the most forgotten peoples of a segregated Colombia,\u201d JEP magistrate Catalina Diaz said Tuesday. \u201cThese people have had their basic right to exist compromised.\u201d Three former members of the FARC\u2019s last secretariat are among... <\/p>\n

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