U.S. Doesn't Want You to Know Which Latin American Security Forces It's Training

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And in December 2012, the Colombian armed forces promoted a number of generals who had graduated from WHINSEC. A number of those generals had committed human rights abuses after graduating from the school, like the extrajudicial killings of civilians.

With those facts, SOAW has continued to make the case that WHINSEC should be shut down. The group’s battle with the U.S. military and Obama administration to release the names of even more current trainees is crucial to that effort.

And SOAW’s lawyer, Duffy Carolan, says she is looking forward to a higher court battle over the release of the names. Carolan told AlterNet she’s confident SOAW will get what it's asking for.