Colombia: Fear for safety / extrajudicial execution

Index AI : AMR 23/027/1998
Date de publication : 5 mai 1998
Catégorie(s) : Amériques, Colombie

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.