Medalin, Colombia- In a milestone declaration on Thursday, Colombia's transitional judicial institution, special jurisdiction (JEP) clearly states that Metalin’s La ESCOMBRERA garbage landfill It is the location of the large -scale grave.
For decades, family members of the disappeared in the 13 district of Comuna in the history of history claimed that their relatives were buried on garbage.
During the strong violence during the early 2000s, Jep shared his discovery during the excavation process of more than six months.
Although the investigators announced the discovery of the human body in December, they revealed yesterday that these remains corresponding to at least four people, and they were all victims forced to miss from 2002 to 2003.
In the press release, JEP and the missing person search unit (UBPD) began a huge excavation project in July 2024 and announced it.
“Residents of Comuna 13 were killed and disappeared in La Escombrera. This judicial truth was supported by the evidence recorded by Jep and the details of the forensic process.
Researchers can also determine the cause of death through forensic analysis.
The report states: “All victims show signs of violence of fence, that is, as the cause of death, compatible with the gun projectile, especially the shooting fired on the head.”
In addition, investigators shared that the two deceased were murdered at the place where they were buried. They also reported that at least one corpse showed signs of torture before death.
Claudia (Claudia) is a lifelong Comuna 13 resident. She does not want to share her full name out of fear, and he describes her response to the news.
She told Latin America Report Near La Escombrera.
The reporter was allowed to visit the digging website on Thursday. Throughout the visit, workers of garbage landfills continued to operate normally, and the trucks would rub the rubble, dirt and waste on the mountain.
Only six months ago, according to the Jep officials who were interviewed, a dirt and rubble today are standing today. A open excavation pit is marked with colorful sticks in the code used by investigators.
On the nearby ridge, several pop -up tent avoided the police, forensic scientists and Jep members of the afternoon sun, and they carefully looked for the missing people 20 years ago.
The group explained the risk of how the operation was damaged, and how the operation was tapped from the garbage landfield to excavate the soil and rubble of 37,000 cubic meters.
Investigators wrote in the report: “The forensic process in LA ESCOMBRERA is equivalent to the work at the crime scene.”
They described the team through the excavation process, the team used the excavator to scrape the soil surface to check whether each layer had signs of human remains.
Except for the slow and arduous process of digging the venue, the preparation of excavation is far from simple.
La ESCOMBRERA's first excavation began in 2015, but it stopped soon. Then, in 2019, JEP began investigating documents and witness to help find possible burial venues.
In 2020, it concluded that there is sufficient evidence to search for the body of La Escombrera.
After years of preparations, the excavations began in July 2024, including terrain, geology and geography, and the use of satellite and air images.
These methods help define the search area, which eventually covers 6,800 square meters of land. So far, only a small part of the area has been excavated.
The announcement of yesterday marks the milestone of many victims. For decades, they have been urged by the government to obtain the killing and disappearance of the state in the early 2000s to find a corpse in the dump.
However, the tension between local community members and the government continued to exist.
one Graffiti tribute For the mother of the victim who read the “mother is the right mother”, the local authorities drawn a commotion.
But yesterday's statement still gave them something. There is now an official government record that they are correct to La Escombrera.
In the Jep's statement, justice announced that “any attempt [these findings] Or other suggestions is that, in addition to the underlying of the crime of the victims, the most important thing is that it is not moral in society. “
