Colombia’s left fears political extermination following 29 murders in 2 weeks
Colombia’s left fears political extermination following 29 murders in 2 weeks
Posted by Stephen Gill on Mar 14, 2016
Twenty-nine members of Colombia’s political left have been killed in the last two weeks. The killings sparking fear of a renewed spate of political extermination exactly when extreme leftist rebels seek to disarm.
The victims of the recent assassinations were community leaders, land claimants and members of peasant movements according to news outlet UNO.
Aida Avella, the president of left-wing party Patriotic Union (UP), fears that this new wave of assassinations may be the start of a new phase of political extermination against the left.
Avella’s party was the victim of a major paramilitary extermination campaign. Thousands of party members, including a presidential candidate of the Patriotic Union, were murdered by drug dealers, far-right paramilitary groups and members of the security forces.
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http://colombiareports.com/29-leftist-leaders-killed-2-weeks-colombia/
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