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title: "Three Colombian teens on Facebook hit list killed in last 10 days"
description: "Police in Colombia say three teenagers whose names appeared on a hit list posted onto Facebook have been killed. The list was posted with a message on August 17, telling the named people to leave the town of Puerto Asis in three days, or die. Police first treated the threats as joke, but after a second list appeared, they convened a special security meeting. Local media say that people are panicking, and some parents have sent their children out of town. Although it is yet unclear who posted the hit list, a criminal gang known as Los Rastrojos operates in the area, as well as the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Read more: CNN ."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "Politics"
author: "Andy Rice"
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published: "2010-08-25T15:32:02"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:03:23"
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# Three Colombian teens on Facebook hit list killed in last 10 days

> Police in Colombia say three teenagers whose names appeared on a hit list posted onto Facebook have been killed. The list was posted with a message on August 17, telling the named people to leave the town of Puerto Asis in three days, or die. Police first treated the threats as joke, but after a second list appeared, they convened a special security meeting. Local media say that people are panicking, and some parents have sent their children out of town. Although it is yet unclear who posted the hit list, a criminal gang known as Los Rastrojos operates in the area, as well as the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Read more: [CNN](http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/24/colombia.facebook.killings/?hpt=T2#fbid=5AumlsWzJkm&wom=false).

By Andy Rice · Published 25 August 2010, 17:32 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:03 SAST

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