Colombia denies UN claims of 20,000 bodies at Bogota airport

The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected on Friday “categorically” the statement of the UN Committee against Forced Disappearance on the alleged existence of 20,000 unidentified bodies in an alleged hangar at El Dorado airport in Bogotá. “The Foreign Ministry has raised a note verbale of protest to the Committee, demanding clear and precise explanations about the origin of this information, which not only lacks support, but also compro…

The Government of Colombia, in this Friday’s communiqué, categorically rejects the Committee’s statement about the alleged existence of 20,000 unidentified bodies in a hangar at El Dorado airport in Bogotá, which was released on December 5, 2024. The Government of Colombia rejected on Friday the report of the UN Committee against Enforced Disappearance, which mentions the alleged presence of 20,000 bodies kept at Bogotá airport, and handed over …

Fernando Ramos and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español The Government of Colombia rejected this Friday that there are 20,000 unidentified bodies in a hangar at El Dorado airport in Bogotá, and called on the UN Committee against Enforced Disappearances for having spread this figure. Colombia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Committee's statement has no support and “has generated confusion and controversy in the country.”

Colombia denies UN claims of 20,000 bodies at Bogota airport

BOGOTA — Colombian authorities on Friday denied a United Nations report claiming that the bodies of 20,000 people who were forcibly disappeared over decades of conflict were being kept at Bogota airport. On Thursday, the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances stated that “thousands of unidentified bodies lie in poorly managed cemeteries or storage facilities,” citing “a hangar at Bogota airport where around 20,000 unidentified bodies are curren…

U.N. Claims Colombia Was Hiding 20,000 Unidentified Bodies in Airport Hangar

Authorities in Colombia on Thursday refuted claims made by the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), which stated that 20,000 unidentified bodies allegedly remain stored at a hangar in Bogotá's El Dorado International Airport. The post U.N. Claims Colombia Was Hiding 20,000 Unidentified Bodies in Airport Hangar appeared first on Breitbart.

Bogotá. The Colombian Attorney General’s Office yesterday notified that it will verify the alleged existence of 20,000 unidentified bodies in a hangar at Bogotá airport, after the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances warned of their possible existence.