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Sixteen killed in violent land eviction in Paraguay
Source: Reuters
Sixteen killed in violent land eviction in Paraguay
By Daniela Desantis
ASUNCION | Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:36pm EDT
(Reuters) - At least seven police officers and nine peasant farmers were killed in armed clashes on Friday during a land eviction in Paraguay, marking one of the worst such incidents in the country for two decades.
Leftist President Fernando Lugo deployed troops to support local police. He ruled out any links between the incident and the Paraguayan People's Army, a small leftist group that has staged a series of raids on rural police posts in recent years.
The peasants shot at the officers when they arrived to evict them from a privately owned farm in the Canindeuyu district, some 240 kilometers (150 miles) from the capital, and they returned fire, officials said.
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The roughly 2,000-hectare (4,900-acre) farm where the violence took place is owned by a local businessmen who complained that a group of about 100 families had invaded his property about three weeks ago.
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By Daniela Desantis
ASUNCION | Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:36pm EDT
(Reuters) - At least seven police officers and nine peasant farmers were killed in armed clashes on Friday during a land eviction in Paraguay, marking one of the worst such incidents in the country for two decades.
Leftist President Fernando Lugo deployed troops to support local police. He ruled out any links between the incident and the Paraguayan People's Army, a small leftist group that has staged a series of raids on rural police posts in recent years.
The peasants shot at the officers when they arrived to evict them from a privately owned farm in the Canindeuyu district, some 240 kilometers (150 miles) from the capital, and they returned fire, officials said.
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The roughly 2,000-hectare (4,900-acre) farm where the violence took place is owned by a local businessmen who complained that a group of about 100 families had invaded his property about three weeks ago.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/15/us-paraguay-violence-idUSBRE85E18820120615
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