Bodies in Medellín landfill were victims of forced disappearances: Special Jurisdiction for Peace
Medellín, Colombia – In a landmark declaration Thursday, Colombia’s transitional justice body, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), stated unequivocally that Medellín’s La Escombrera landfill is the site of a mass grave. For decades, family members of people missing from the historically embattled Comuna 13 district have claimed that their relatives were buried beneath refuse…