Colombia: Fear for safety / extrajudicial execution

Índice: AMR 23/027/1998
Fecha de publicación: 5 mayo 1998
Categorías: América, Colombia

On 4 May 1998 a paramilitary force killed at least 18 residents of Puerto Alvira village.A further eight "disappeared" and four were badly injured. The remaining residents were told to leave within eight days or face the same fate. Although the government was warned of the attack it did nothing to prevent it.