Three displaced leaders assassinated within 24 hours

[Judi Lynn]

Three displaced leaders assassinated within 24 hours
Friday, 25 March 2011 08:28
Toni Peters

Three displaced land claimants have been killed within a 24 hour period, EFE reported Friday. Bernardo Rios Londoño, and Ever Verbel Rocha were killed on Wednesday in the departments of Sucre and Antioquia respectively while David Goez Rodriguez was killed on Thursday in the capital of Antioquia, Medellin.

Rios Londoño, was a member of the Community of Peace of San Jose de Apartado, a peasant rights organization. According to the organization, Rios Londoño was killed by two neo-paramilitaries on a motorcycle who lay in wait for him in San Jose de Apartado, an Antioquian town.

Verbel Rocha was killed by hitmen on motorcycles in San Onofre, in the department of Sucre in front of his brother and 8 year old son. His brother was injured in the attack but his son was unharmed.

Another of Verbel Rocha's brothers, Guillermo, was assassinated in 2005. Demobilized AUC member Jose Manuel Rivera, alias "El Begueta" has since been detained as the suspected perpetrator of the assassination.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/15136-three-displaced-leaders-assassinated-within-24-hours.html

[Peace Patriot]

1. Antioquia is where Bush's boy Uribe got his start...

See my comment (#3) in LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4787460