Columbians' distrust deepens after massacre near border

Friday, August 18, 2006

LA VICTORIA, Venezuela -- The young soldier staggered back to his post and fell to his knees, crying hysterically as a comrade took his gun. The bodies of eight unarmed people -- including two children -- were later found burned, gagged and shot at a ranch down the road.

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