Colombia: Rebel Raid Strips Endangered Colombian Tribe Of Emergency Medicines

Colombia: Rebel Raid Strips Endangered Colombian Tribe Of Emergency Medicines   Armed rebels have hijacked the first attempt to provide medical aid by boat to Colombia’s near-extinct and nomadic Nukak Indians.   Survival International has learned that medical staff were forced to abandon all their supplies, which included stretchers, surgical equipment and computers.   The National Indigenous Organization ONIC, which owns the stolen boat, told Survival how it came under attack. Members of FARC...

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