[Excerpt: Jose Oscar Gonzalez, a representative from the coffee-producing province of Caldas, was shot three times in the head, police said.]
http://64.94.180.107/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7949143 Colombian Congressman Shot to Death Fri Mar 18, 2005 06:26 PM ET BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - A congressman from Colombia's Liberal Party was shot to death by two assailants on Friday as he sat talking with a friend in his district office in the western city of Manizales, police said. Jose Oscar Gonzalez, a representative from the coffee-producing province of Caldas, was shot three times in the head, police said. Authorities declined to speculate on the motive for the crime and said there was no evidence linking it to any of Colombia's illegal armed groups. The 51-year-old father of two was an economist by profession. A friend of the lawmaker, who was talking with him at the time of the attack, was also killed, police said. The gunmen fled the scene on a motorcycle. The government has offered a $21,000 award for information leading to the capture of the assailants. Police said they captured two suspects who may have been linked to the crime. Colombia has been marred by political killings and kidnappings for decades. The Andean country is trying to end a 40-year war involving leftist rebels and far-right paramilitaries, both of whom are linked to Colombia's huge cocaine trade. © Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
