Right-Wing Force Raids Village, Kills at Least 11
From Times Wire Reports
Members of a right-wing paramilitary group raided a Colombian village and killed at least 11 people, authorities said.
National Police spokeswoman Jenny Alvarado said up to 15 people may have been executed in the early morning massacre near the township of Falan, about 75 miles west of the capital, Bogota.
Fighters from the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia killed the villagers after accusing them of working with leftist guerrillas, Col. Ciro Chitiva of the Tolima state police said.
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