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Colombia: More Community Leaders Killed Despite State Promises
Published 20 July 2018
Over 400 Colombian community leaders have been murdered since 2016, but they are not the only victims of the violence gripping the country.
The number of community leaders murdered in Colombia continued to climb this week, with the assassinations of a rights activist and a teacher.
The latest victim has been identified as Horacio Triana Parra, a farmer and rights activist for campesinos and the head of the Community Action Board in El Carmen, a district within the city of Otanche.
"Horacio Triana Parra was going ahead with some domestic banana-harvesting activities when his father heard some shots and found him lying there. He called the National Police. This person had three wounds from a firearm," Colonel Juan Dario Rodriguez said.
More:
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Colombia-More-Community-Leaders-Killed-Despite-State-Promises-20180720-0019.html