Colombia filmmaker killed making documentary on violence

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Colombia filmmaker killed making documentary on violence

Mauricio Lezama was collecting testimonies from people who suffered violence during the civil war when he was killed. (Twitter)

A Colombian filmmaker was shot dead on Thursday while making a documentary on the victims of violence in the northeast of the country, local authorities said.

Mauricio Lezama was collecting testimonies from people who suffered violence during the civil war when he was shot and killed by four armed men in the town of Arauquita, in Arauca department, governor Ricardo Arevalo told reporters.

Arevalo blamed the killing on a splinter group of FARC which rejected the peace agreement signed by the rebels and the Colombian government in November 2016.

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