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Gangs tied to paramilitaries cited in Colombia violence

(CNN) —Criminal gangs that emerged from Colombia’s former paramilitary organizations are carrying out massacres, rapes and extortion, a human rights group said Wednesday.

Nowhere is that violence more pronounced than in Medellin, which recorded more than 200 slayings in January alone. The city’s homicide rate also more than doubled in 2009 from the previous year. 

Bogota, the nation’s capital, also is seeing a surge in violence, with more than 100 killings reported last month.

“Whatever you call these groups—whether paramilitaries, gangs or some other name—their impact on human rights in Colombia today should not be minimized,” said Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch… more

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