Tolemaida Air Base
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Colombian military | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Melgar, Colombia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 493 m / 1,617 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°14′41″N 74°38′59″W / 4.24472°N 74.64972°W | ||||||||||||||
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Tolemaida Air Base (IATA: TOL, ICAO: SKTI) is a Colombian military air base located in Melgar, a municipality of the Tolima department in Colombia.
The air base resides at an elevation of 1,617 feet (493 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 04/22 has an asphalt pavement measuring 9,280 by 96 feet (2,829 m × 29 m) and 04L/22R with a concrete surface measuring 1,431 by 65 feet (436 m × 20 m).
A joint commission of the Colombian government and FARC released a report in 2015 documenting the rape of at least 54 girls by United States military personnel between 2003 and 2007. The assaults were concentrated in and around the Tolemaida Air Base and Melgar. The report details a 2007 incident where a 12–year-old Melgar girl was allegedly drugged and kidnapped by U.S. Sergeant Michael Coen and military contractor César Ruiz who raped her and uploaded video of the assault to a pornography site. Due to bilateral immunity agreements the men were immune from prosecution.
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