Ex-Jungler Chief Bora Colley Is Dead

The former Commander of the Gambia's ousted President Yahya Jammeh killer squad is reported dead. General Bora Colly led the Junglers, a unit notorious for committing crimes against humanity, including torture, enhanced disappearances, and murder. General Colly was a key associate of Yahya Jammeh, whose 22-year rule was characterized by official corruption, murder, and extrajudicial killings. The Junglers, a paramilitary group killer machine. has been accused of carrying out numerous atrocities during the Jammeh era.

Colly was incarcerated at Mile II Central Prisons after a fallout with President Jammeh in 2016. The collapse of the Jammeh release followed Colley's subsequent release from detention. He fled to Guinea-Bissau until last September, when he turned himself over to the Gambia government. General Colley had since been in military detention. He was reported to have been struggling with health issues.