Rebels Blamed in Slayings on Coca Farm
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Rebels killed 13 coca harvesters and their cook, the latest victims in the guerrillas’ feud with paramilitary gangs over control of Colombia’s lucrative cocaine trade, authorities said.
Rebels of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia gunned down Flor Maria Gutierrez and 13 men as she was serving them lunch Wednesday on a farm near Puerto Valdivia, the officials said.
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