pregnant 14-year-old girl and her unborn baby survive a landmine in COLOMBIA

mariacvetanoski says on Jul 9, 2009, 03:57:

http://www.korubo.com/Colombia/landmines.htm
Colombia is the only country in Latin America with land mines. And they are everywhere. They can explode when one steps on them. They can look like radios or sweets and explode when one touches them.


Sometimes mines are placed under dead bodies or wounded people so that when one tries to help them or take care of the bodies, they explode.


Other mines are built to fly one half meter into the air before they explode, so that an entire leg is destroyed. Mines have been used by all fighting groups; the country's army, the guerillas and the paramilitaries.

No one knows how many land mines lie hidden in Colombia - there may be over 80,000 - or exactly where they are. But in many war-torn areas it is extremely dangerous for children to walk to school and to play in fields. The road to and the land around schools can be full of mines.

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mariacvetanoski says on Jul 9, 2009, 03:58:

A boy relates: "I was nine when it happened. I worked with Papa in the fields. We had just cut down a vine to weave a basket when my friend stepped on a mine. He died and the mine opened my stomach. My papa wrapped a towel around my stomach. I must have been unconscious because I have no memory of that. He told me about it at the hospital after I had had surgery."

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love2colombia says on Jul 9, 2009, 05:06:

María Cada vez que leo tu noticias pienso en este color...



Tendrás alguna que sea positiva :-P

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Robert Jorge says on Jul 9, 2009, 15:42:

Are there any maps showing possible or known mine areas in Colombia? I can remember riding a horse on a very large finca between Acacias and San Martin, and it occurred to me at the time the possibility of mines.

"You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jul 9, 2009, 17:59:

i looked at the first link and read this:

"Chiquinquira holds 90th annual religious celebration of the town's virgin"...90 year old virgen?..that is a top headline competitor as well..jajaj

sorry, i know its off-topic....sorry.

RVW orderded me to remove my tagline congratulating the PBH Mods New Golden Boys. Lame.

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Buongone says on Jul 9, 2009, 20:43:

Would'nt that be a bitch. Having your moto stolen. Then having to pay the taxes for all those yrs. it was not in your possession. Seems like they have some greedy officials. Probably not worth all those back taxes.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 10, 2009, 06:38:

maria.......further support for a move to have capital offenders and incarcerated guerillas clear mine fields. if some die, well, so what, at least one more mine was removed. many of the modern mines are made of nylon and plastic and are undetectable to metal sweepers.

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patriarch

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cali373 says on Aug 3, 2009, 08:47:

Interesting, what caught my eye was "pregnant 14-year-old" and the bigger problem here are the landmines! There is a problem in Colombia, too bad many don't know it is a social one.

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mariacvetanoski says on Aug 4, 2009, 15:12:

some are much younger than that, especially in the villages and fincas out in the countryside

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