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Thursday, July 19, 2012colombiaindigenous peoplesworld

Nasa Indians clash with soldiers in Colombia - in pictures

Members of the Colombian Army watch a group of indigenous people from Alto de Berlin hill, in Toribio, Colombia Photograph: Christian Escobar Mora/EPA The Nasa indigenous people, who live in the Cauca region, are demanding that the military and Farc rebels abandon their ancestral land Photograph: HANDOUT/REUTERS Soldiers guard communication towers on a strategic hill in Toribio Photograph: William Fernando Martinez/AP Nasa Indians approach a soldier. Dozens of Indians attacked soldiers guarding communication towers on the outskirts of the town Photograph: William Fernando Martinez/AP Indians drag a soldier during an attack on soldiers guarding a communications tower Photograph: William Fernando Martinez/AP A soldier throws a tear gas canister Photograph: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images Soldiers try to lift Sergeant Rodrigo Garcia after he was attacked by indigenous people Photograph: Christian Escobar Mora/EPA Sergeant Rodrigo Garcia leaves with tears in his eyes after hundreds of indigenous people forced him out of his military post on Mount Berlin Photograph: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images Indigenous residents escort Colombian soldiers as they deliver them to authorities in Caldono Photograph: Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters Colombian natives escort an alleged member of the Farc guerrillas who were captured in the village of Belen in the Cauca deparment of the country Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images Colombian natives escort an alleged Farc member in Belen Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images Another alleged Farc member is escorted away as cameras record the scene Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Source: The Guardian ↗

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