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Clash Involving Two Colombian Families
Leaves Seven Dead
BOGOTA – At least seven people were killed
in a clash between two families in the
southwestern Colombian province of Nariño,
apparently the result of a dispute over the
sale of cattle, local authorities said
Saturday.
Nariño Gov. Antonio Navarro told Caracol
Radio that his administration has received
reports of “seven dead bodies” in the town
of Barbacoas, where the clash between an
Afro-Colombian family and an Awa Indian
family took place earlier this week.
A commission made up of investigators from
the federal Attorney General’s Office and
the Nariño government is heading to the area
to collect the bodies and identify the
victims, Navarro said.
According to the initial probe, the dispute
apparently erupted over the sale of cattle
several months ago, although no more details
have yet emerged from that remote part of
the country near the border with Ecuador.
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