Colombia’s war crimes tribunal sentenced 12 members of the military to eight years of restorative labor for their role in the assassinations of 135 people in and around the city of Valledupar between 2002 and 2005. The 12 had accepted their responsibility for the assassinations of their victims whose deaths were reported as combat kills to fake the results of their unit, Battalion La Popa in Valledupar. Three former members of La Popa, including the battalion’s former commander, Colonel Publio Hernan Mejia, denied responsibility and were excluded from the restorative justice system. JEPOn top of that, La Popa members assassinated people who had been lured to remote regions with the promise they’d be given work. Convicts who fail to comply with their legal obligations, will have to serve the remainder of their sentence in prison.