Colombia: Further information on fear for safety / apparent extrajudicial executions / possible "disappearance": Civilian population of Segovia and Remedios, Antioquia

Index Number: AMR 23/033/1996
Date Published: 16 June 1996
Categories: Americas, Colombia

AI has received further information concerning the killing of 15 people and injuring of a further 15 people in Segovia on 22 April 1996 by a paramilitary group with the support of the security forces. An army captain belonging to the Bombona Battalion and a chauffer who drove one of the vehicles used by the paramilitary group have been arrested. There is no news on Emilsen Palacio (f) and Walter Serna Palacio who remain "disappeared".