Pressure to produce high kill counts, backed by Uribe, was to blame, he said, and the army should ask forgiveness. Victims groups the False Positive Mothers of Colombia had earlier urged Santos to ask forgiveness. The 2016 peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas won Santos the Nobel Peace Prize and saw some 13,000 FARC members demobilize. Santos is the third former president to give a contribution to the commission, whose mandate ends this year. It is unclear whether Uribe - who vehemently opposed the peace deal - will eventually testify.

Source: Standard Digital June 12, 2021 04:52 UTC