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| Colombia generals sacked in row | Colombia generals sacked in row |
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| The Colombian government has sacked three generals and 22 other soldiers over alleged extrajudicial killings. | The Colombian government has sacked three generals and 22 other soldiers over alleged extrajudicial killings. |
| They are suspected of being involved in the deaths of 11 young men from Bogota, who were originally described as rebels killed by troops in combat. | They are suspected of being involved in the deaths of 11 young men from Bogota, who were originally described as rebels killed by troops in combat. |
| But it is claimed the men were kidnapped or lured from the capital with the promise of work. | But it is claimed the men were kidnapped or lured from the capital with the promise of work. |
| The scandal broke last month, after their bodies were found in communal graves in north-eastern Colombia. | The scandal broke last month, after their bodies were found in communal graves in north-eastern Colombia. |
| The dismissed soldiers include three generals, 11 colonels, three majors, a captain, a lieutenant, and six non-commissioned officers. | |
| President Alvaro Uribe said a military inquiry had determined they had been guilty at least of negligence that included allowing "the collusion of members of the army with criminals" in "the murder of innocents". |