BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Gunmen wounded a prominent union leader in a
                  wild shootout Friday in which a street vendor and another person were killed,
                  police said.

                  Wilson Borja, president of the Federation of State Workers, was being treated at
                  a Bogota hospital for his wounds, which were not believed to be life-threatening.
                  One of Borja's bodyguards was also wounded, according to radio reports.

                  A woman who sold coffee on the sidewalk was hit by stray gunfire and died at
                  the scene of the attack in northwest Bogota.

                  The body of another person was found, but it was not clear if he was one of the
                  gunmen or a bystander, said police Gen. Jorge Enrique Linares.

                  Police in the capital were hunting for the killers, who fled in a car.

                  Colombia is being torn by a war which is polarizing society. Right-wing
                  paramilitary gunmen are battling leftist guerrillas and often target those they
                  believe to be rebel sympathizers.

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