Two social leaders reported murdered in one day, four demobilized rebels in a week
by Adam Veitch June 26, 2019
Two community leaders were killed in just 24 hours in southwest Colombia while the FARC said four of its demobilized rebels have been murdered over the past week.
The violence adds to pressure on President Ivan Duque about failures in the implementation of a peace process that was agreed by the government of former President Juan Manuel Santos and the demobilized FARC guerrillas in 2016.
Two social leaders killed
Indigenous community leaders Carlos Alberto Bisque and Jhordan Pequi were murdered in Caloto, a rural area in the north of Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department.
The two men were out with their families when unidentified men approached them and shot indiscriminately, killing both.
The UN Human Rights watchdog put the number of social leaders assassinated at 51 in the first 4 months of the year.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/two-social-leaders-reported-murdered-in-one-day-four-demobilized-rebels-in-a-week/