WORLD IN BRIEF : COLOMBIA : Mass Graves Point to Rebel Executions
The Colombian army has discovered mass graves holding the bodies of hundreds of leftist rebels apparently shot by their comrades in a gruesome system of underground justice. The 30 or so graves were discovered in a jungle region of southern Colombia where the country’s biggest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, had its headquarters. The army occupied the area last December. A regional army commander said security forces had dug up at least 66 corpses. He estimated the total number of dead at 400.
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