Declassified U.S. documents show that the CIA and former U.S. ambassadors were fully aware, as far back as 1990, that the military in Colombia -- the third largest recipient of U.S. aid after Israel and Egypt -- were committing extrajudicial killings as part of "death squad tactics." They also knew that senior Colombian officers encouraged a "body count" mentality leading to extrajudicial executions and collaboration with para |