Monday, November 21, 2005

Colombia opens probe on Palace of Justice siege

-Contributed by Erwin Cifuentes. Colombia’s Attorney General’s office called on former President Belisario Betancour to testify over the government’s role in the 1985 siege of the country’s Supreme Court. One hundred people died after soldiers tried to stop leftist guerillas that held the Palace of Justice under siege during a twenty-eight hour period. (AlertNet)

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