Colombian Indians to Santos: leave our territory

Published November 20, 2014

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has been received with jeers by indigenous people angry at having to live in the crossfire of the country's long-running civil conflict.

Santos' visit to the war-ravaged town of Toribio came as leaders of the 115,000 Nasa people demanded government troops and leftist rebels alike leave them in peace.

Santos told Toribio residents Wednesday that he would not order the military to quit the nine towns that Nasa leaders want the military to vacate. Less than 3 kilometers away, a small group of rebels set up a roadblock to demonstrate similar resolve.

People in the region have been victims of constant attacks, including a motorcycle bomb explosion Tuesday in the nearby town of Argelia that killed a 9-year-old boy and wounded five other children.

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