Countries:
Colombia
Topics:
Film, Human Rights, War & Conflict
Languages:
Spanish

La Guayabita [es] transcribes a documentary on the murder of 40 people in February 2000 in El Salado, in the region of Bolívar, Colombia, by the paramilitary groups. In the film, a survivor tells of how after the horrifying massacre, her calls for help to the National and International Red Cross and to the Mayor of El Carmen de Bolívar were ignored.

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