They denounce to the JEP that more than 72,000 police officers have been victims of violence in the midst of the armed conflict

Through the report 'National Police: vocation, service and sacrifice', which denounced that more than 72,000 police officers were victims of the actions of the extinct guerrilla of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), of which 2,800 uniformed personnel have some type of disability.

The document highlighted that the greatest crimes against uniformed personnel are: forced displacement, kidnapping, homicide and enforced disappearance, among others.

The Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, submitted the report to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), said that 87.7% of these victims are accredited in the National Registry of Victims (RUV).

For his part, the president of the JEP, Judge Eduardo Cifuentes, undertook to study the report and hand it over to the Reconnaissance Chamber, as a special chapter on the issues within his competence.

Within the investigation, it was determined that the majority of cases of human rights affecting the members of the institution occurred in Antioquia with 15,350 victims, Valle del Cauca (6,439), Nariño (5,361) and Cauca (5,173).

With regard to the director of the Funvides Foundation, Antonio Ochoa, the document brings together various violations of the human rights of uniformed personnel between 1964 and 2016, including targeted killings (13,426), more than 60,000 uniformed men and their displaced family members also stand out from the Police, and more than 1,766 enforced disappearances.

In total, more than 90,000 policemen and their close ones were affected by the crimes perpetrated against extinct guerrillas.

Also within the list of eleven victimizing events that were described in the report are threats, the use of mines and explosives, as well as kidnappings, particularly about the abductions, representative events such as the Capture of Mitú or the Capture of Miraflores are portrayed.

Meanwhile, the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Extortion Director of the Police (Gaula), General Fabián Cárdenas, said that “in 2021 88 policemen were killed, 64 of whom were on duty, 22 by the Gulf Clan, 16 by ELN, 14 by GA O-r terrorists.”

The U.S. Congress passed the Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2022. Defense Minister Diego Molano assured that part of the $471.3 million will be used to reinforce the National Police Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron (Esmad).

According to the minister, this allows the improvement in military capabilities, in aviation, in armored cars to combat drug trafficking and the threats of transnational crime.

“Colombia's declaration as the main ally of the United States is great news that is beginning to be evident in results with the approval of the US Congress with 471 million dollars of support for the next budget,” Molano said.

In addition, he considered that the most important thing is the legitimacy that the US Government gives to the Colombian public forces, considering that these monies are no longer conditioned as they were after the allegations of police abuse arising after the November 2019 strike and the death of Dilan Cruz.

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