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MATARIFE (The Butcher)

Based on press articles, historical facts, interviews, events and scandals that have shaken Colombia since the 1980s, the documentary traces the career of former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, twice elected in 2002 and 2006, and the driving force behind the misnamed Democratic Security. At least 6402 innocent civilians were killed by the army to artificially inflate the figures for the fight against the guerrillas and other illegal armed groups (civilians disguised as guerrillas went down in history as False Positives). The author, Daniel Mendoza Leal, a criminal lawyer, journalist and human rights activist, explains in the series the links between the former president, drug trafficking and the paramilitaries who for years have been multiplying massacres all over the country. And he shows how much Colombia is a façade democracy, with power concentrated in the hands of a few.

  • DANIEL MENDOZA
    Director
  • CESAR ANDRADE
    Director
  • DANIEL MENDOZA
    Writer
  • DANIEL MENDOZA
    Producer
  • DANIEL MENDOZA
    Key Cast
    "DANIEL MENDOZA"
  • REMY BOURGEOIS
    Original Music
  • ALEJANDRA CARDONA
    Cinematographers
  • ANGÈLE SAVINO
    Commercial directors
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    MATARIFE
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    5 hours
  • Completion Date:
    October 29, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Colombia
  • Country of Filming:
    Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Colombia, France, Mexico, Peru, Switzerland
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Black Magic 4 k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE CARTAGENA DE INDIAS
    CARTAGENA DE INDIAS
    Colombia
    March 26, 2021
    2 AWARDS : BEST DOCUMENTARY AND BEST WEB SERIE
Director Biography - DANIEL MENDOZA, CESAR ANDRADE

Daniel Mendoza Leal is a lawyer, journalist and criminologist who has been denouncing the narco-paramilitary regime of Alvaro Uribe in Colombia for 10 years in his opinion articles, as well as exposing the relationships between the Colombian elite, drug trafficking, massacres and selective assassinations of social leaders and journalists.

Creator of the Matarife series and writer of the novel El Diablo es Dios (The Devil is God) published by Planeta.

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