Three Colombian teens whose names where in a so called Facebook “kill list” along with 66 others have been killed in a southwestern town, Puerto Asis, within the past 10 days.
The police have been investigating the case, but so far, they are still unsure of who posted the said kill list, why it was posted and why the names of the 69 people in the list were listed there.
The first 2 teenage victims were murdered on August 15 before the list was posted, so the police initially thought it was just some kind of a practical joke trying to take advantage of the said incidents. However, when someone was killed again whose name was on the same list, the police force began to take it more seriously, realizing that it is not just some case of coincidence. This was heightened further when another teenage guy was wounded while trying to escape away from his supposed to be killer.
The kill list, which was posted August 17, had a message warning the people on the list to leave Puerto Asis or be killed, as related by Volmar Perez Ortiz, a Colombian federal official.
The first two victims were Diego Ferney Jaramillo, a 16 year-old student and Eibart Alejandro Ruiz, a 17 year-old CD vendor. The next victim who was killed after the posting was Norbey Alexander Vargas, 19 years old. The reported wounded teenage student who barely escaped his killer is Juan Pablo Zambrano Anacona, 16.
The kill list has raised panic among residents and some parents opted to send their kids who are on the list away from Puerto Asis.
Although there is no definite investigation results as to who posted the list, officials and the police could not help but look in the angle of the involvement of known criminal gangs and leftist groups in the case, as violence is not something new in Puerto Asis. As Perez had shared, the Los Rastrojos criminal gang is active in the town. Aside from this, a Marxist guerilla group was also named, the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) which is said to be having activities in remote areas.
Authorities therefore announced a reward of 5 million pesos (around $2,750) for any information on the killings and who was the mind behind the list.
Facebook representatives haven’t given any comment yet regarding the case.
Indeed, the Internet, particularly social networking sites such as Facebook could prove to offer a lot of advantages as well as disadvantages. A lot of us may know how Facebook could be used in malicious activities such as scams and stalking, but we now know that it could be more than just taking your money or privacy—your life could even be at stake, too.
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