Catholic Online: The cause of these killings is chilling. Soldiers were offered incentives for killing rebel insurgents. Those incentives included weekend passes, cash, promotions in rank, and even overseas vacations.
Rather than risk their lives fighting insurgents, members of the armed forces tricked young men from poor neighborhoods into answering fake job offers. These young men merely looking for work, were seized and forced to dress in combat fatigues. Once dressed, they were systematically executed by the soldiers who would then present the bodies as proof they had killed insurgents, and thereby claim rewards. Full report is here.
