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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — President Alvaro Uribe fired 20 army officers, including three generals and four colonels, on Wednesday for neglect that allowed the killing of civilians to inflate rebel casualty counts.
A three-week probe determined that the officers, including two division and three brigade commanders, permitted soldiers to conspire with criminals in what Uribe called “the murder of innocents.”
Prosecutors are investigating a rise in alleged army killings of noncombatants with the aim of exaggerating unit performance against rebels.
