Peace Panel Leader Killed Execution-Style
Unidentified gunmen killed a leader of a congressional peace commission, shooting him at point-blank range in his garage, Colombian police said.
Jairo Rojas, 37, who set up the first meeting between President Andres Pastrana and the leader of the nation’s largest guerrilla force, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, in 1998, was killed two hours after sending his police bodyguards home Wednesday evening.
According to police, Rojas was driving home alone from downtown Bogota when two gunmen began following him.
The gunmen followed Rojas into the building’s parking lot and shot him seven times.
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