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Colombian president mourns loss of slain priest

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  • Priest found slain in Medellin in northwestern Colombia
  • Colombian President Alvaro Uribe: "We're terrified and horrified by this killing"
  • Priest was chaplain of Antioquia state government in '90s; Uribe was governor then
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BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- Investigators in Colombia are trying to figure out who killed a priest with ties to President Alvaro Uribe.

President Alvaro Uribe says a reward has been offered for information in Father Juan Gonzalo Aristizabal's death.

President Alvaro Uribe says a reward has been offered for information in Father Juan Gonzalo Aristizabal's death.

Father Juan Gonzalo Aristizabal was found dead Sunday in Medellin on a road near the University of Antioquia in northwestern Colombia, the Colombian government said.

Aristizabal was a chaplain for the state government in Antioquia when Uribe was governor there from 1995 to 1997.

"We're terrified and horrified by this killing," Uribe said in a statement. "The killing of Father Juan Gonzalo Aristizabal pains us much."

Authorities have offered a reward for information about the killer or killers, Uribe said.

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