Colombian police investigate Facebook hitlist
Published:Wednesday | August 25, 2010 | 9:52 AM
Colombian police are investigating the killings of three youths whose names appeared on hitlists published on the social networking site Facebook.
The hitlists warned scores of teenagers in the town of Puerto Asis, in southern Colombia, to leave town or be killed.
Sixteen-year-old Diego Ferney Jaramillo, and 17-year-old Eibart Alejandro Munoz, were shot dead as they were driving along a road on the outskirts of Puerto Asis in the Putumayo province on their motorcycle on August 15.
The third youth was killed five days later.
Police have sent an investigative team, including internet experts, to find out who is behind the threats.