Colombia: Further information on fear for safety / "disappearances"

Index Number: AMR 23/011/1999
Date Published: 4 February 1999
Categories: Americas, Colombia

On 1 February 1999, Carlos Castaño, head of a paramilitary organization said they were holding Jairo Bedoya, Olga Rodas (f), Jorge Salazar and Claudia Tamayo (f), four recently abducted human rights defenders, as "prisoners of war".