politics
May 7, 2026
Skeletons found in Caquetá could provide answers to families of the disappeared in Antioquia
The humanitarian intervention was carried out within the framework of the mandate of the Peace Accords with the Farc made to the UBPD. PHOTO: UBPD
TL;DR
- 15 bodies have been recovered by the UBPD in Caquetá.
- Some of these bodies may belong to people from Antioquia who disappeared during the armed conflict.
- The UBPD is asking families in Antioquia with missing relatives to provide information for identification.
- The recovered remains could be from individuals who arrived in Caquetá from various departments, including Antioquia, Huila, Risaralda, Santander, Córdoba, Sucre, and Magdalena.
- The UBPD was created under the 2016 Peace Accords to find over 132,000 disappeared persons.
- The intervention took place in the municipal cemetery of Valparaíso, Caquetá, and may have uncovered at least 25 unidentified bodies.
- Victims may have been transferred from municipalities like San Roque, Puerto López, and San Pedro de Urabá (Antioquia) between 2000 and 2005.
- The operation, part of the Caquetá Sur Regional Search Plan, involved excavating 12 mass graves, one vault, and an ossuary.
- Bodies were found in individual and collective graves, some transported from rural areas to the cemetery following hostilities.
- Identities may include individuals linked to armed groups or civilians.
- The remains will be sent to Medicina Legal for identification, a crucial step to provide answers to families.