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Abelardo de la Espriella: “Innocent people should not pay for the guilty.”

On the recordOctober 7, 2026
Innocent people should not pay for the guilty.
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Abelardo de la Espriella

Editor's note · Context

Commenting on legal assistance for former soldiers.

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