At Hoja Blanca, Lucas Urdaneta refers to the so-called Colmenares Case [1] (the murder of a student of the University of the Andes which has received a lot of media coverage in Colombia), and wonders [2] [es] what happens when victims don't belong to the privileged classes. He adds that, given the disproportionate attention to these cases, a solution for the internal armed conflict would be, as some argue, to send upper-middle class boys to military service.
Colombia: When the Dead Belong to the Upper-Class
· Written by Julián Ortega Martínez
Categories: Latin America, Colombia, Law, Media & Journalism, Youth