Danger Drives Government, Police From Colombian Towns
Jose Guido Mena is the mayor of Rio Quito, but he works at somebody else`s city hall. His own offices are too dangerous. Mena is one of 10 mayors in Colombia`s northwestern Choco region who have been chased out of their hometowns. The mayors run their towns from the state capital. Their municipalities are left with no authorities, and often no police either — most of them were killed years ago in rebel attacks and never replaced. Full Story