60-man private army attacks displaced on return in northwest Colombia
60-man private army attacks displaced on return in northwest Colombia
Posted by Stephen Gill on Feb 24, 2016
A group of indigenous have been attacked by a rancher’s 60-man private army in an attempt to remove them from land in northwest Colombia from where they had been displaced, local media reported.
Approximately 60 men armed with sticks and machetes entered Guapa Leon in the Uraba region to forcibly evict a group of 104 Indians including 73 children, who had returned to the area and reclaim land they had lost without institutional support.
According to indigenous representative Robin Domico, armed personnel of local rancher Jaime Uribe were behind the attack.
“There are approximately 60 people evicting Indians by burning their huts and attacking them with clubs,” Domico told IPC.
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