Killing of Colombias human rights defenders continues relentlessly
Killing of Colombia’s human rights defenders continues relentlessly
written by Richard Kelleher January 12, 2017
On the very day Colombia’s defense minister denied the existence of paramilitary groups, local media reported the assassination of three human and civil rights workers by presumed AUC successors.
A woman who worked for the Association of Farming Workers of Balboa, Cauca, was shot 4 times in the town of Robles in the same province, W Radio quoted the Southwest Colombian Human Rights Network as saying.
The victim was killed in her home, where she ran a small business providing locals with cellphone credit.
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In the rural area of Caloto, also in Cauca, a peasant leader and human rights defender was ambushed by unidentified men, leaving him with three stabs wounds. He died from the sustained injuries shortly after being taken to hospital. The possibility of a robbery was ruled out.
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