PUERTO ASIS Colombia (Reuters) - Two camouflaged military helicopters dot the sky as Silvio Mora sweeps up remains of a freshly killed chicken at his backyard slaughter house in Colombia's southern conflict zone of Putumayo.
"At least peace may end that," he says, pointing toward the troop carriers as vultures pick at the bloody slop he brushed into the jungle behind his concrete shack. "Look at how we live. The war has brought only misery, we need peace talks to work."
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