San José de Apartadó massacre
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| San José de Apartadó massacre | |
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| Location | San José de Apartadó, municipality of Apartadó, Antioquia Colombia |
| Date | February 21-22, 2005 |
| Attack type | shooting, mass murder, massacre |
| Weapon(s) | small arms |
| Deaths | 8 |
| Perpetrator(s) | Colombian National Army |
The San José de Apartadó massacre was a massacre of five men and three children near the small Colombian village of San José de Apartadó more specifically in two places known as "Mulatos" and "La Resbalosa" perpetrated by members of the Military of Colombia between February 21-22, 2005.[1]
On November 23, 2007 the Attorney General of Colombia ordered the detention of a Colombian National Army Captain, Guillermo Armando Gordillo Sánchez accused of being the mastermind and perpetrator of the San José de Apartadó massacre. Godrillo-Sanchez was in charge of the unit assigned to the 17th Brigade of the Colombian National Army.[2] The Community was established on Palm Sunday, March 1997, the villagers declaring themselves neutral in the Colombian armed conflict.
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