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At least 16 dead as Paraguay police evict peasant squatters

ASUNCION — At least 16 people were killed and dozens hurt Friday in armed clashes that erupted when police tried to evict landless peasant farmers squatting a privately-owned farm in Paraguay, officials said. Interior Minister Carlos Filizzola told reporters that seven police officers and at least nine peasants died in…