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Word: washinawatok (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three U.S. citizens near the Venezuelan border seem unlikely to punish the real killers. A spokesman for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed at the time that the three U.S. humanitarian workers--Terence Freitas, 24, from California; Lahe'ena'e Gay, 39, from Hawaii; and Ingrid Washinawatok, 41, from Wisconsin--were abducted and killed by a local squad leader acting without higher orders. Their bullet-riddled bodies were discovered March 4. But Colombian military intelligence intercepted a radio conversation between the squad leader and his senior officer, German Briceno, in which Briceno ordered the squad leader to "kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Rush to Justice | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

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