Despite the efforts of the Colombian judicial system and the international community, the numbers of forced disappearances continue to rise.Birns says that the long history of forced displacement continues to be justified by what he calls "a de facto military regime." According to the expert, the Colombian government has always justified their involvement in human rights abuses in terms of "the security situation requires us to do this."According to the COHA report, the ''democratically elected Colombian government'' has been participating for more than five decades, either actively or by means of calculated inaction in what can be defined as "state terrorism."
[ALSO SEE.. (US RESPONSIBLE) Connecting the Dots: Colombian Army officers and civilian killings http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/11/us-responsible-connecting-dots.html Colombian Senator: Trade Deal w/ US "Worst Decision" to Date http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/3259-colombian-senator-trade-deal-qworst-decisionq-to-date Colombia Spent U.S. Anti-Drug Aid Hiding Political Ties to Drug Trade http://www.blacklistednews.com/Colombia_Spent_U.S._Anti-Drug_Aid_Hiding_Political_Ties_to_Drug_Trade/15321/0/38/38/Y/M.html Colombia awash in blood after a year under Santos: the terror statistics by Colectivo por la paz con justicia http://www.tlaxcala-int.org/article.asp?reference=5878 WORLD NEWS REPORT: Colombia free trade deal could boost cocaine exports http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=1119
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