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Judi Lynn

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Tue Feb 2, 2021, 08:10 PM Feb 2021

Colombia's failing state Part 1: Antioquia and the art of decapitation

by Adriaan Alsema February 2, 2021

“We are happy!” the governor of Antioquia tweeted Monday, ignoring the decapitated head of a community leader found on the main square of a village in the north of the province two days before.

Terrorism has been a major revenue generator for the businesses of the Gaviria family and still doesn’t seem to concern Governor Anibal Gaviria.

The governor constructed apartment buildings over mass graves when he was mayor of Medellin and Gaviria’s alleged negligence plunged Antioquia in crisis before.

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The most brutal of five

Miguel Barrientos from Yarumal became the fifth assassinated social leader in Antioquia in January alone, but was by far the most brutal, according to Antioquia Police commander Colonel Jorge Miguel Cabra.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-failing-state-part-1-antioquia-and-the-art-of-decapitation/

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