Three Americans found dead

Caracas - Venezuelan authorities said yesterday they had found the bullet-riddled bodies of three US citizens who were kidnapped…

Caracas - Venezuelan authorities said yesterday they had found the bullet-riddled bodies of three US citizens who were kidnapped last week in north-eastern Colombia, allegedly by Marxist rebels.

Colombia police said the three belonged to a group that defends the rights of Colombia's Uwa Indians who are involved in a land dispute with the US oil company, Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

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