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February 18, 2009

FARC Rebels Kill 8 Indigenous Colombians
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In Colombia, the rebel group FARC has admitted to killing eight
indigenous Colombians they say passed intelligence to the Colombian
military. The killings have forced a new wave of Awa indigenous people
to flee their homes. Indigenous leader Luis Fernando Arias condemned the
attack.

Luis Fernando Arias: “The Colombian armed forces accuse us of not
wanting to cooperate, that we do not give information, and the
guerrillas say that they kill us because we are army informants. What we
want is, in a clear manner, to tell all the actors in the conflict, to
all the armed players, to stop involving the Indian tribes and regular
citizens in the armed conflict.”



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