Mancuso recognizes the murder of an indigenous leader and assures that it was a State crime



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The former paramilitary chief Salvatore mancuso asked for forgiveness to the country’s indigenous communities for the crimes committed by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).

Before the Truth Commission, Mancuso held a dialogue with Martha Cecilia Domicó, daughter of the murdered indigenous leader Kimy Pernia Domicó.

In the telephone communication, Mancuso argued that the murder of the indigenous Embera Katío was a crime of the State “As a de facto member of the State, I received an order from Commander Carlos Castaño to assassinate the leader Kimy Pernía Domicó”.

He explained that “there were systematic actions by the State against the rights of indigenous communities,” He recalled that they prevented the free entry of food into their communities with the excuse that they “were feeding subversive groups.”.

19 years after the murder, Salvatore Mancuso revealed to the family the place where the body was disappeared.

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He assured that he was first buried and a few weeks later To prevent the Prosecutor’s Office from finding him, they threw him into the Sinú River, near Planchón de Callejas in Tierralta (Córdoba).

In the same event ‘Timochenko’ asked for forgiveness to the indigenous communities for the crimes committed by the FARC guerrillas.

Without talking about any specific case Rodrigo Londoño acknowledged that they caused uprooting, displacement, deaths, injuries and sexual violence.

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