COLOMBIA: 2,500 IN MASS GRAVES

[Judi Lynn]

COLOMBIA: 2,500 IN MASS GRAVES
8.9.2006. 12:55:32

Mass graves, dug manly by groups accused of some of Colombia’s worst atrocities in recent decades, could contain at least 2,500 bodies.
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Some of the graves have been found along major roads, dug only 1 metre deep by those who "had no interest in hiding their crimes," Mr Iguaran told a press conference.
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Most of the graves have been discovered in areas once controlled by the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia, or AUC.
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If the AUC leaders honour their agreement, human rights groups believe that the number of civilian victims killed and left in graves could exceed seven thousand.
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The AUC is Colombia's paramilitary element. This is their late leader, Carlos Castaño, found murdered last week, by a man working for his brother, both also paramilitaries. Castaño has been connected to the also dead drug maniac, Pablo Escobar, immortalized in the painting by Fernando Botero, "The Death of Pablo Escobar."



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Carlos Castaño

[maddezmom]

1. Judi Lynn...check your link

:hi:

[Judi Lynn]

2. Thank you so much. I didn't even notice. Yikes. Got it. n/t