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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Spearing, Beheadings Reported in Ecuador National Park


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Huaorani Indian indigenous leader Penti Baihua, right, shows a set of spears to a Ecuadorian police officer in í National Park on February 15, 2008.

The spears were found in the jungle and are said to have belonged to missing tribal members, following reports that 5 to 15 Indians were killed by Illegal loggers in the area. The government conducted an investigation and said it found no evidence of the killings.

AP Photo/Patricio Realpe