West Colombian indigenous leader assassinated, another missing
West Colombian indigenous leader assassinated, another missing
Sep 15, 2014 posted by Adriaan Alsema
An indigenous leader has been assassinated in the west of Colombia while a second leader has gone missing, announced Colombia’s Ombudsman on Sunday.
Ernelio Pacheco’s body was found on Saturday in the town of Alto Baudo, after being kidnapped by men carrying firearms while on a boat on the by Nauca River a day before.
Then, on Saturday afternoon, the president of the Association of Indigenous Councils of Alto Baudo, Becheche Miguel Zarco, was kidnapped when he was traveling in a boat near Baudo.
He was approached by armed men who tied his hands and took him to another boat and then onto an unknown destination.
These attacks come just before the initiative “Baudoseando”, organised by different ethnic and territorial social organizations, in order to provide support to indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in Baudo to adddress the issue of armed conflict and human rights in the region.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/west-colombian-indigenous-leader-assassinated-another-missing/
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