Colombian authorities thought the initial ‘Facebook Hit List’ was a joke, until teens started ending up dead. In the last 10 days, 3 teens have been murdered. All 3 teenagers were marked on the roster of 69 people who appeared on the list.
A gang by the name of Los Rastrojos and a Marxist guerrilla group called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia operate in the area but have not yet been linked with the list.
The hit list on Facebook, which was posted August 17, gave the people named three days to leave the town of Puerto Asis or be executed, said Volmar Perez Ortiz, a federal official whose title is defender of the public.
Police at first thought the posting was a joke, Perez said in a statement issued Saturday. But the publication of a second list with 31 additional names led authorities to convene a special security meeting Friday, Perez said.
Parents whose children are displayed on the list have started to send their kids out of town. Currently authorities are offering up a sum of 5 million pesos (approx $2,750) for any information on the Facebook Hit List killings.
