Letters

摘要

In your article about Colombia's presidential handover ("Let Santos be Santos", July 24th), you said that several of Alvaro Uribe's officials have been accused of complicity with the paramilitaries, and his army has murdered many civilians. The accused officials are under investigation by the judiciary and the soldiers involved have been dismissed and turned over to the penal jurisdiction. In all, 3429 soldiers and officials have been investigated, 825 individuals have been indicted, the Military Justice system has referred 309 cases to the civilian courts and 227 soldiers and officials have been sentenced.