3 More Mayors Quit Amid Rebel Threats
From Times Wire Reports
Three mayors in Colombia’s coffee-growing region resigned, joining dozens of others who have quit after being threatened by rebels.
State control across wide swaths of the nation is starting to slip after threats by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
In north-central Santander state, provincial police commander Col. Jorge Daniel Castro went on the radio and pleaded with mayors to ignore the threats. In western Caldas state, the mayors of Pensilvania, Samana and Victoria quit because of threats they would otherwise be killed.
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