By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 04:34 EST, 27 October 2012 | UPDATED: 08:15 EST, 27 October 2012 Three tribesmen who allegedly raped a British tourist are being kept hidden from police by their indigenous community in the north of Colombia. The 23-year-old woman, from London, was reportedly assaulted by three members of the Wayuu tribe in the village of Cabo de la Vela in the Guajira region of the country last weekend. The tourist is thought to have had an argument with the four companions she was travelling with and got lost after setting off by herself, according to news website Terra.
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Trio of tribesmen allegedly raped British tourist, 23, in the Guajira region of northern Colombia
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Ethnic community is protecting the reported attackers
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Colombia allows the ethnic Wayuu tribe a certain amount of autonomy
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