World / Colombian rebels Colombia Gunmen Slaughter 12 on Indian Reservation By Jane Yager, Newser Staff Posted Aug 27, 2009 4:08 AM CDT Copied Soldiers stand at a camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, after troops faced off with rebels in Puerto Rico, Colombia, last month. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez) Hooded men killed 12 indigenous victims this morning in a Colombian region notorious for coca plantations and armed rebel activity, BBC reports. At least four children were among family members killed in a dawn raid on an Awa tribal reservation, where both Marxist and right-wing rebels are active. The gunmen demanded to see a woman who purportedly owed them money, then started shooting at "anything that moved," reported a witness. (More Colombian rebels stories.) Report an error