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October 20, 2009

Colombian Official: 27,000 People Disappeared Since Late 1980s
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In other news from Latin America, a senior prosecutor in Colombia says
more than 27,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Colombia since
the late 1980s. Right-wing militias were responsible for 75 percent of
the disappearances. It’s the first official number on the subject and is
based chiefly on recent confessions of demobilized militia fighters and
relatives of those missing and presumed killed.



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