Budget cuts would impair Colombia peace court, search for disappeared, officials say


The logo of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) hangs on a wall in Bogota, Colombia September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

BOGOTA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Budget cuts proposed by allies of ⁠Colombia's new right-wing president would crimp investigations and trials of human rights abuses by the country's transitional justice court and hinder efforts to locate and identify137,000 people who disappeared during the ⁠country's ongoing conflict, the court, the disappeared unit and advocates say.

Congress has until October 20 to decide how next year's $195 billionbudget will be distributed.

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