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3 Colombian Teens on Facebook 'Hit List' Killed

By Carl FranzenAug 24th 2010 – 9:45PM
Adrian Wyld, AP

Adrian Wyld, AP

(Aug. 24) -- A status update nobody wants to see: Three Colombian teenagers have been killed after their names appeared, along with 97 others, on a multipart "hit list" posted on Facebook, according to multiple international reports. Even more frightening, police don't know who is responsible for the killings and the list...

Background on los rastrojos

Los Rastrojos is a Colombian neo-paramilitary, armed group engaged in the Colombian armed conflict. The organization is believed to be one of the armed groups that rose from the ashes of right-wing paramilitary squads, such as Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia.

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