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Military commander quits over civilian killings

COLOMBIA: Army purge follows outrage over murders of �guerrilla� members of the public By Mike Power

In an unprecedented admission of guilt at the highest level of the Colombian military, the country's top commander, General Mario Montoya, resigned last Tuesday in response to public outrage over the army's extrajudicial killings of civilians.