Colombia court sentences 12 ex-soldiers to reparations work for executions

Magistrates of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), Ana Manuela Ochoa, Camilo Andres Suarez and Juan Ramon Martinez, attends the reading of sentences against former FARC commanders for kidnappings, in Bogota, Colombia September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A special Colombian court created under a 2016 peace deal on Thursday sentenced 12 former soldiers to eight years of reparations work for their role in the extrajudicial executions of 135 people.

The sentences were the first given to former members of the military by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, or JEP, which is trying leaders from both the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, rebels and the military for war crimes and crimes against humanity.