Colombia - Five journalists declared “military objectives” in “Black Eagles” message

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Five journalists and the representatives of several NGOs including the Federation of Colombian Journalists (Fecolper) are directly threatened in a particularly disturbing email that began circulating yesterday. Sent from the Gmail account of “Aguilas Fénix,” it is signed by the central division of the “Aguilas Negras” (Black Eagles), a feared paramilitary group responsible for terror campaigns against the media in the past. “The time has come to exterminate and eliminate all the persons and (...)

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