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Judi Lynn

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Tue Jun 12, 2012, 08:32 PM Jun 2012

Colombian army commits 'extrajudicial execution': Indigenous community .

Colombian army commits 'extrajudicial execution': Indigenous community .
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 10:18 Olle Ohlsen Pettersson

Colombian indigenous community released on Tuesday a video which allegedly showed the aftermath of an extrajudicial killing by the military.

The video, first published on the site of Confidencial Colombia, allegedly showed members of the Colombian army surrounding the naked corpse of 30-year-old Luis Alberto Cunda, a member of the Nasa people in the southwestern Cauca department.

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The victim's neighbors were skeptical of the military's account, saying it would not be logical for a FARC guerrilla to fight without clothes. They went on to point out that Cunda's body showed signs of physical abuse.

Human rights NGO Francisco Isias Cifuentes, claimed soldiers arrived at Cunda's house at 5:50AM and shot him. "Later the military group caught the wounded man (...) and dragged him more or less 70 meters from his home. People in the region said they could hear the young man's screams for help."

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/24528-indigenous-community-denounces-extrajudicial-execution.html

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