41.   Paramilitary gunmen in Colombia kill a convicted murderer who hijacked a domestic flight at knifepoint and forced it to land.

42.   Right-wing paramilitary gunmen have also committed numerous civilian massacres.

43.   Rightist paramilitary gunmen have assassinated a leftist community activist who was planning a run for local office in Colombia, police said Tuesday.

44.   Residents of San Vicente worried that if the rebels leave, paramilitary gunmen will move in and kill townspeople they suspect of having collaborated with the guerrillas.

45.   Right-wing paramilitary gunmen are battling leftist guerrillas and often target those they believe to be rebel sympathizers.

46.   Right-wing paramilitary gunmen killed six unarmed peasants on a farm in northeast Casanare State on Monday, police said.

47.   Right-wing paramilitary gunmen shot and wounded state workers union leader Wilson Borja in the capital, Bogota.

48.   Suspected rightist paramilitary gunmen barged into a seaside village early Friday and killed nine people they accused of being rebel informants, police said.

49.   Some government military units even allegedly assist paramilitary gunmen as they carry out attacks.

50.   Suspected paramilitary gunmen dragged people off a bus and from their homes in northern Colombia before forcing them to lie face down and spraying them with bullets.