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Town in southwest Colombia shocked by second massacre in two days
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by Adriaan Alsema November 1, 2019
Two days after alleged FARC dissidents massacred an indigenous governor and four guards, authorities in Corinto, a town in southwest Colombia, reported a second massacre.
The indigenous community of the Tacueyo reserve hadn’t even buried governor Cristina Bautista and four of the community’s guards when four bodies were found in the nearby village of Santa Helena.
A fifth body was found in the neighboring municipality of Caloto.
Northern Cauca is spiraling out of control
In an interview with RCN, President Ivan Duque said he had ordered his defense minister and the commander of the armed forces to immediately travel to the northern Cauca region and take control of the situation.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/town-in-southwest-colombia-shocked-by-second-massacre-in-two-days/