WNU #1086: Paramilitaries Kill Five Indigenous Colombians

Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #1086, July 3, 2011

1. Colombia: Paramilitaries Kill Five in Zenú Community
2. Chile: Education Protests Continue to Grow
3. Mexico: New Mass Kidnapping of Immigrants Reported
4. Latin America: Pride Marches Focus on Marriage, Violence
5. Haiti: Activists Tell UN to Pay for Cholera Epidemic
6. Links to alternative sources on: Latin America, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti

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*1. Colombia: Paramilitaries Kill Five in Zenú Community
On June 30, Colombian Ombudsperson (Defensor del Pueblo) Volmar Pérez Ortiz condemned the killings of five Zenú indigenous people in the Lower Cauca region in the northeast of Antioquia department. According to information provided to the Ombudsperson's Office by the Indigenous Organization of Antioquia (OIA), the murders took place June 24-26 in the Zenú communities of La 18 and La Unión-Pato in Zaragoza municipality. [...]

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