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Peace court: Colombia army 'behind 6,400 extrajudicial killings'

Getty Images People demonstrate against the "false positives", executions of civilians at the hands of the military who presented them as combat casualties to swell results of the armed conflict, in front of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Bogota, on February 12, 2020.Getty Images
Thousands of civilians were killed and ed off as enemy combatants by the army

An inquiry in Colombia has found that 6,402 civilians were killed by the military between 2002 and 2008 and falsely ed off as enemy combatants.

The number of killings, known as "false positives", is almost three times higher than previous estimates.

The inquiry is by a special court looking into crimes committed during a half century of conflict between troops and left wing rebels.

A peace deal ending the conflict was signed in 2016.

What were the "false positives?

It is the name given to the killings of young men - mainly from poor families - carried out by the Colombian army.

Getty Images Colombian Doris Tejada, whose son disappeared 12 years ago, and member of the Mothers of False Positives (Mafapo) civil organization, wears a face mask reading Who gave the order? against the spread of the novel coronavirus as she cries during an interview with AFP in Soacha, Colombia, on May 6, 2020.Getty Images
Doris Tejada's son disappeared 12 years ago, her face mask bears the question "Who gave the order":[]}