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"During his time as Defence Minister, notable controversial events included a military raid inside Ecuador's territory that killed FARC leader Raúl Reyes on 1 M
by seesomesense 10y ago
"During his time as Defence Minister, notable controversial events included a military raid inside Ecuador's territory that killed FARC leader Raúl Reyes on 1 March 2008.
In 2008 the 'false positives' scandal was uncovered,referring to revelations concerning extrajudicial executions carried out by members of the military in order to artificially increase the number of guerrillas killed by the Army and claim rewards from the government. On 4 November 2008, Santos admitted that the military had carried out extrajudicial executions
There was a misuse of an International Committee of the Red Cross symbol during Operation Jaque used to safely rescue hostages from FARC."
Now extra-judicial killings are no bar to being given the Nobel "Peace" Prize. The least credible of the Nobel Prizes continues to deliver....
- tsaprailis 10y agoThis is a very complicated issue. There have been many crimes committed by both sides. The FARC themselves came out with an apology on all the victims they have kidnapped over the years. I think the point of the prize is not to delete his older actions but rather to congratulate him for his attempts to finally bring an end to a civil war that has costed hundreds of thousands of lives over the years. Just like the rest of the prizes are given for specific discoveries by scientists, and not for their every discovery during their life's work, similarly his action on trying to end the civil war was deemed worthy. Additionally actions are judged relative to one another and 2016 has not a good year for peace actions.