Colombian authorities have found amass grave of 32 people

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Mass grave discovered in Colombia
www.chinaview.cn 2008-09-24 13:05:55 Print

BOGOTA, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Colombian authorities have found amass grave of 32 people believed to have been killed by irregular armed forces in northwest Colombia.

The remains were discovered in the municipality of Ituango in Antioquia Province, the experts from the National Unit of Justice and Peace Prosecutor told a press conference on Tuesday.

Local residents said that there were at least other 14 mass graves with remains of people killed by the paramilitary or guerrilla in the region.

The government was told of the graves after a peace deal with the United Self Defense of Colombia (AUC), a right-wing paramilitary group which has been blamed for many massacres.

Under the peace deal, the AUC members would receive lighter prison sentences if they confessed their crimes, which prompted many AUC members to reveal the existence of the mass graves.

Many clandestine mass graves with over 1,000 bodies have been discovered after the AUC was demobilized in 2006. The bodies always bear signs of torture, mutilations and deadly blow.

By mariacvetanoski on Sep 24, 2008, 06:44 in Politics & the war.

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dwmte7 says on Sep 24, 2008, 09:09: thanks maria....made my day. (seriously, thank you, you always found abstruce articles about colombia, all interesting) the painful note of the auc is that they were/are the underground arm the the colombian government. dwmte 0 funny, 0 helpful.

mariacvetanoski says on Sep 24, 2008, 09:27: do try, sorry but have family and cousins who have been affected directly by the guerrilas where they had their land stolen, 2 sons killed and also a cousin who was shot in the head and had 3 young girls she left behind... we also work with orphans there in bogota as well... Save the street children of Colombia Now!! 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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