{
  "id": 6151344,
  "title": "Colombia’s government clashes with human rights office over De la Espriella walking among corpses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/colombias-government-clashes-with-human-rights-office-over-de-la",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T15:34:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colombia Reports",
    "slug": "colombia-reports",
    "url": "https://colombiareports.com/colombias-government-clashes-with-human-rights-office-over-de-la-espriella-walking-through-corpses/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Colombia's chief ombudsman, Iris Marin, quarreled with the national government over President Abelardo de la Espriella's decision to walk past the corpses of individuals killed by the military. In a public statement, Marin emphasized that the president was seen walking among the bodies, some in white body bags, of those who perished during Operation \"Azarías\" in Guaviare. Marin stated, \"I don't recall ever seeing a president walking among the dead and taking pride in those deaths.\" The ombudsman's office, which operates independently from the government, urged the state and government not to engage in a competition to determine who is the cruelest or most humiliating. Marin asserted that the military is authorized to kill citizens but must adhere to the Constitution and International Humanitarian Law, and is accountable for the manner in which the State exercises power and communicates its outcomes.\n\nIn response, Interior Minister Rodrigo Lara accused the Ombudman of falsely equating the State with \"narcoterrorist groups as if it were competing with them in cruelty.\" Lara implored the Ombudsman's Office to be an \"ally of the victims and of our mission to protect them and to liberate them from the terror regime of crime.\" Marin told Lara that she trusted that \"the President and the Government will reflect on the way they communicate operational results, as I requested in my statement.\" De la Espriella's walk through the 23 body bags, including those of two minors, was harshly criticized by independent and foreign media.",
  "summary": "Colombia’s chief ombudsman, Iris Marin, clashed with the national government after she criticized President Abelardo de la Espriella for walking among the corpses of people killed by the military. In a public statement, Marin reiterated that “in recent days, we saw the president of the Republic walking among the bodies—in white body bags—of people who […] The post Colombia’s government clashes…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}