Mathew Charles Thu, September 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM UTC 8 min read Abandoned in cold storage, the bodies of at least 20 Colombian mercenaries lie unclaimed in a Sudanese mortuary more than 6,000 miles from home. Some of those lying there for months might have known the risks of what they were getting into, but others thought they had safely signed up for mundane security work.