Recent Violence in Colombia
07/08/11
Latin America and the Caribbean
Antioquía
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Five members of two indigenous communities in Bajo Cauca, including several minors, were killed by criminal gangs. Neither the police nor indigenous groups in the communities of El 18 and La Unión-El Pato have yet
- One soldier was killed and three more injured in a FARC ambush in the Vereda district.
Choco
- An intelligence officer for the National Police who spent years working undercover among the FARC released a <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo-281099-farc-entre..." href="http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo-281099-farc-entre..." target="BLANK>tape that shows FARC guerrillas training minors, including some young adolescents, how to shoot weapons.
La Guajira
- The father of the Town Councillor of Uribia was kidnapped on his way home by three unidentified armed men. This is the third kidnapping in as many months in La Guajira.
Tolima
- Head of the National Police Oscar Naranjo has assured the public that FARC leader Alfonso Cano's "weeks are numbered." The Armed Forces recently embarked on an aggressive new operation to capture Cano.
This blog was written by CIP Intern Claire O'Neill McCleskey