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Judi Lynn

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Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:23 PM Jun 2014

Latest dismembered body in Buenaventura brings count to 15 on year

Latest dismembered body in Buenaventura brings count to 15 on year
Jun 30, 2014 posted by Nina Damsgaard

The latest grizzly find has brought the number of dismembered murder victims in Colombia’s largest Pacific port city, Buenventura, up to at least 15 on the year, local media reported.

Found Sunday, the corpse was missing both its legs and hands, in a pattern fitting with other gang murders committed in the city’s various “chop-houses,” some of which were uncovered earlier this year.

Buenaventura has become a battleground for warring drug interests hoping to control the port’s strategic access to the burgeoning southeast Asian market and smuggling routes through Central America. The fighting, carried out between sub-groups of national neo-paramilitary groups “Los Rastrojos” and “Los Urabeños,” has been marked by extreme displays of violence.

Victim watched Colombia match in his house

This latest incident, which authorities reported on Sunday, brings the count of dismembered bodies found in Buenaventura in 2014 up to 15.

Earlier this month, a body had been found stuffed into plastic bags and left along the Buenaventura railway line. Many of the dismembered corpses are disposed of in the Pacific Ocean or in the network of rivers surrounding the city.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/new-dismembered-body-found-buenaventura-raises-number-15-year/

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