Pentagon Teacher Accused of Running ‘Death Squad’

Under Fire

One teacher at the National Defense University was linked to Colombian killings. Another was accused of beatings and torture under Pinochet. Now senior U.S. officials want answers.

Published Mar. 12 2015 5:25AM EDT

By Julia Harte and R. Jeffrey Smith / Center for Public Integrity

Carlos Alberto Ospina Ovalle was deep in the Colombian mountains in the autumn of 1997, directing an Army brigade in a major offensive against a group that Washington formally designated that year as terrorists, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...

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Pentagon Teacher Accused of Running ‘Death Squad’

One teacher at the National Defense University was linked to Colombian killings. Another was accused of beatings and torture under Pinochet. Now senior U.S. officials want answers.

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