Facebook Death List: 3 Colombian Teens Killed
Hit List With 69 Names Posted to Facebook, Authorities Say
Aug. 25, 2010
When a death list with the names of 69 people first surfaced on Facebook, authorities dismissed it as a joke.
But now that three Colombian teenagers included on the list have been killed, local reports say federal officials are taking a closer look.
In the past 10 days, Diego Ferney Jaramillo, 16; Eibart Munoz Alejandro Ruiz, 17; and Norbey Alexander Vargas, 19; were all killed in the small town of Puerto Asis in Putumayo, Colombia. The names of those three teenagers, as well as the names of 66 others, were listed in a message posted to Facebook earlier this month.
Diego Ferney and Alejandro Ruiz were shot and killed Aug. 15 while riding a motorcycle on a road between the towns Puerto Asis and Puerto Caicedo, and Alexander Vargas was killed Aug. 20, CNN said.
According to the Colombian paper El Espacio, the Facebook message, which the paper said is now blocked, warned families to leave the area or face consequences.
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