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BOGOTÁ — Colombia’s main leftist rebel group said Tuesday that it “executed” eight Indians in the country’s remote southwest, accusing them of acting as paid informants for Colombia’s military.
The communique posted on a website sympathetic to the rebels followed widespread but unconfirmed reports that as many as 27 Awa Indians had been killed — allegations that prompted denunciations by the United Nations and Human Rights Watch.
The development was a major blow to efforts by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to promote a prisoner swap with the government and to be removed from the European Union’s list of terror organizations.
President Alvaro Uribe said offensive operations would be stepped up against the FARC.
