24 Workers Slain by Rebels in Colombia
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<i> Associated Press</i>
APARTADO, Colombia — Rebels opened fire Wednesday on a bus carrying banana workers, killing at least 24 in a massacre blamed on a bloody power struggle between leftist groups in northwest Colombia.
Army troops, leftist rebels, right-wing paramilitary squads and bandits all vie for influence in Uraba, a region near the Caribbean and the border with Panama. At least 35 people were killed in two massacres last month.
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