Colombia: Indigenous leader killed amid ongoing fighting in Cauca

Headline Title:  Colombia: Indigenous leader killed amid ongoing fighting in Cauca 15 August 2012 The Colombian authorities must do more to protect civilians increasingly caught up in the ongoing armed conflict in Colombia, Amnesty International said today after an Indigenous leader was killed in Cauca, south-western Colombia, at the weekend. Lisandro Tenorio, a traditional healer and spiritual leader for the Nasa Indigenous People, was shot dead by gunmen believed to be from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), outside his home in the López Adentro reservation (resguardo)…

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