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While standing in the doorway of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in Tumaco, Colombia, the director of social action for the diocese DIOCESE, eccl. law. The district over which a bishop exercises his spiritual functions. 1 B1. Com. 111.  was assassinated as·sas·si·nate  
tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates
1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.

2.
 in front of hundreds of people around noon on September 19.

Sister Yolanda Ceron, 38, a member of the Sisters of Mary, was killed instantly by gunfire.

Bishop Gustavo Giron Higuita of Tumaco said the assassination Assassination
See also Murder.

assassins

Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52]

Brutus

conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br.
 was aimed at curtailing church human rights work reports Catholic Trends.

Ceron was a leader in promoting the local cultivation cultivation, tilling or manipulation of the soil, done primarily to eliminate weeds that compete with crops for water and nutrients. Cultivation may be used in crusted soils to increase soil aeration and infiltration of water; it may also be used to move soil to or  of rice and sugar as substitutes for coca leaves, the raw ingredient of cocaine.
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Title Annotation:Yolanda Ceron
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Date:Dec 1, 2001
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