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Colombian councilors forced to
resign after receiving death
threats
Eleven councilors in a northern
Colombian province have resigned
after receiving death threats
from Colombia's largest leftist
rebel group, the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),
an official said on Monday.
Manuel Luna, interior minister
of Norte de Santander province,
said only three councilors in
the municipality of Teorama
remained after their colleagues'
resignations on Friday.
The province's governor, Luis
Morelli, blamed FARC for
carrying out "a strategy of
intimidation over the phone and
in messages which has caused
panic among mayors and local
councilors."
FARC is reacting to increased
soldier and police presence in
the province, home to drug
dealers, right-wing militias and
leftist rebels, he said.
FARC, the largest guerrilla
group in Colombia with more than
17,000 members, has been
operating since the 1960s.
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