Gunmen kill 9 farmers

BOGOTA - Heavily armed gunmen dressed in military clothing shot dead nine farmers in a jungle region of north western Colombia…

BOGOTA - Heavily armed gunmen dressed in military clothing shot dead nine farmers in a jungle region of north western Colombia, police said yesterday

They said they suspected leftist guerrillas had carried out the killings that occurred on Saturday in Coredo, a village in the province of Choco, near the Darien Gap.

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