Colombian Human Rights Defender Killed in Home

[Judi Lynn]

Colombian Human Rights Defender Killed in Home



Alex Espinosa was found dead in his home over the weekend. | Photo: Movice

Published 2 June 2015 (3 hours 11 minutes ago)


The National Movement of Victims of State Crimes in Colombia denounced Monday the assassination of Alex Fabian Espinosa Carvajalino, a trade unionist, human rights defender, and member of the organization.

Espinosa was killed inside his home over the weekend. The activist had alerted authorities that he had been the subject of death threats starting in 2011. It was for that reason that he had relocated from the city of Cucuta to the neighboring municipality of Los Patios.

The National Movement of Victims of State Crimes, known as Movice, said that despite receiving death threats, Espinosa did not receive the necessary protection from state authorities.

Movice also rejected claims made by Jaime Barrera, commander of the Metropolitan Police of Cucuta, that Espinosa was killed as a result of a crime of passion. The human rights organization believes that Espinoza was killed as a result of his work defending human rights. Movice further denounced the fact that three trade unionists had been killed in Cucuta in the last three months alone.

More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Colombian-Human-Rights-Defender-Killed-in-Home-20150602-0022.html

(As you no doubt recall, we've had trolls here contending that the reason Colombia's union leaders get murdered is because they tend to live more squalid lives, consort with rough characters, are basically "trash." Yup. That's they way they hope to paint it. They want you to forget this is happening to good people.)

[Bacchus4.0]

1. Refer us to those trolls who said union leaders live squalid lives, consort with ruffians, and

are trash. I don't recall ever seeing such thing.