Colombia: August 22, 1999

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Right wing paramilitaries killed over 50 people in the northwest over the last few days. There were many separate attacks. The paramilitaries identified themselves as the Self-Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) and were operating in an area long thought to be a  stronghold for the left wing rebels.

 

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