Families Flee Medellin Neighborhood After Renewed Violence.

COLOMBIA REPORTS/
Violence forced some 117 people to flee their homes in the Popular 1 district in the northwest of Medellin, the largest displacement within the city in recent years.
The exodus, which occured between Wednesday and Friday last week was comparable to one that occured in 2001 due to paramilitary conflict. However, last week's took place over a shorter space of time.
The newspaper El Tiempo claimed that around 23 families fled the area to escape revenge attacks. Gangs held the families responsible for the arrest of a prominent gang leader.