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The War on Drugs: Eradication of Colombia’s Indigenous People

By Andrea Samuelson | Published: February 26, 2009
The deadline for the FARC to return the slain bodies of the 27 Awa indigenous community members killed earlier this month expired at 6:00 PM on February 23, 2009.  The killings, carried out on two separate occasions in the Nariño area of southwestern Colombia, have brought terror to the region and left more than 400 [...]
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