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 PEREIRA, Colombia (AP) - The president of Colombia flew to this mountain-ringed city Friday to personally oversee an investigation into the murder of a former president's younger sister.
Authorities said they did not know whether Liliana Gaviria's slaying was the act of common criminals or intended as a message, a month ahead of presidential elections, that the law-and-order government cannot guarantee Colombians' safety.
President Alvaro Uribe arrived in Pereira to take charge of the hunt for the killers and tried to reassure the nation of 44 million that, if Gaviria's murder was politically motivated, it would not disrupt the May 28 vote.
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