Southwest Colombia community leader assassinated amid massacre probe

Southwest Colombia community leader assassinated amid massacre probe
written by Adriaan Alsema October 18, 2017

A leader of the community that lost seven members in an alleged police massacre has been assassinated in southwest Colombia, the regional government said Tuesday.

Jose Jair Cortes was the spokesperson of the Alta Mira y Frontera community in Tumaco, Nariño where anti-narcotics officials allegedly murdered seven on October 5.

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The security forces initially blamed dissident FARC guerrillas, but became the primary suspect in the mass killing after locals began publishing videos that disproved the initial version.

According to the Medical Examiner’s Office, the victims were killed by bullets used by the security forces. Some of the victims had been shot in the back, said the forensic investigators.

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