BOGOTA (Reuters) - A court in Colombia has rejected a move by the attorney general's office to bring charges against a former army commander for his alleged responsibility in 104 extrajudicial killings because it does not have jurisdiction, it said on Tuesday.
At the start of August the attorney general's office said it would bring charges against retired General Mario Montoya, 72, in connection to a number of so-called false positive killings that took place from November 2007 to November 2008.
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