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Colombia Airstrike Aimed at Driving Indians Out, Group Says

BOGOTA – An airstrike in northwestern Colombia that left four Indian civilians wounded was part of a campaign to drive residents away from the site of a major mining project, a group representing indigenous people said Tuesday.

The charge was made by William Carupe, senior councilor of the Indigenous Organization of Antioquia (province), or OIA.

“The interest of the state and of the multinationals is to displace us,” he told Efe from Medellin, capital of Antioquia and headquarters of the OIA.

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Monday that the armed forces are “careful” not to bomb civilian areas, while the army’s 7th Division described the raid on the Embera Katio Indian settlement as a mistake.

The incident occurred around 3:00 a.m. Sunday as the military was targeting Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrillas, the army said… more

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