48 family members in Medellin displaced after shooting
48 family members in Medellin displaced after shooting
posted by Taran Volckhausen
Dec 19, 2013
Forty-five family members of man who was shot last week in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin have reportedly been displaced from their homes following threats from illegal armed groups operating in neighborhood.
According to newspaper El Espectador, the father and grandfather, Victor Pacheco, of Afro-Colombian decent, was shot by in the early morning Monday.
Medellin authorities suspect the shooting may have occurred in retaliation to Pacheco’s sons’ refusal to join the illegal armed group during the gang’s neighborhood recruitment efforts.
Pacheco had moved to Comuna 13, a low-income western Medellin neighborhood, two years ago after living in the Colombian Pacific state of Choco. Since then, he had successfully moved the majority of his family to come live with him in the capital city of the Antioquia state.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/48-family-members-medellin-displaced-shooting/
