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Ecuador Accuses Colombian Rebel Group of Killing 2 Journalists and Driver

HeadlineApr 16, 2018

Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno said Friday that two journalists and their driver were kidnapped and murdered along the border with Colombia. Reporter Javier Ortega, photographer Paúl Rivas and their driver, Efraín Segarra, were working for the daily newspaper El Comercio at the time of their kidnapping on March 26. Ecuador is blaming a Colombian rebel group called Oliver Sinisterra Front for the murders.

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