A departing Colombian congressman, known as Polo Polo, has been sentenced to three days in jail for contempt of court and insulting a collective of mothers whose sons were victims of extrajudicial killings – known as “false positives.” The sentencing stems from an incident where Polo Polo discarded a pair of boots at an exhibition detailing the cases of these killings, and subsequently verbally abused the mothers’ advocacy group, Mafapo. This act occurred despite a prior judicial ruling requiring him to refrain from such behavior. The court deemed his actions a deliberate disregard for the legal order and an affront to the victims’ families. The incident highlights ongoing tensions surrounding the issue of state responsibility for the “false positives” scandal, where members of the security forces falsely reported guerrillas as killed in action to inflate body counts. This ruling signifies a rare instance of accountability for a politician involved in the highly sensitive issue.