The FARC are holding 120 members of the Awá indigenous community captive in the south east of Colombia, the national indigenous organization ONIC said Wednesday. The rebels were already suspected of having massacred 18 indigenous earlier this week.
The Awá allegedly have been held by the guerrillas since February 4 because the FARC suspects them of having collaborated with the army. Rebels are said to have killed a few of the hostages.
Tuesday, the ONIC reported the possible murder on 18 members of the indigenous Awá, who live in an area important to the cultivation of coca. The FARC, paramilitaries and the Army are all fighting for control of the region.
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... I will never leave any of you. si comprende' 19 si comprende' but no. He is an officer in Stringtown, he is the only one of them to ever tell me thank you in this lifetime, he is the most lovely man that I have ever seen. Stop complaining, ......."she got it all." don't cry about the rest murder is murder and there is no time limit. Statute. My time is still okay remember the bigger picture. If something happened would you be able to catch? 19? |
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