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Colombia Has 128 Murders of Social Leaders So Far This Year
The sign reads, "Duque stops the massacres", Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 26, 2021. | Photo: EFE
Published 2 October 2021 (20 hours 28 minutes ago)
Colombia's Institute for Peace and Development Studies (INDEPAZ) reported the assassination of social leader Erley Osorio in the Morales municipality in the Bolivar department. An active member of the Bolivar's Southern Agro-Mines Federation (FAMS), Osorio was last seen alive last Sunday when he was on his way to Montecristo municipality.
His reported disappearance was recorded on Sep. 26, following information over Osorio's detention by illegal armed groups, which murdered him on Sep. 30.
The FAMS criticized Mayor's Office and Montecristo police officers' negligence, claiming that they unjustifiably delayed the activation of a search plan or humanitarian actions to face the armed group whose location was publicly known.
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Assassinations of social leaders, human rights defenders, and ex-combatants in Colombia do not cease. So far this year, 128 social leaders have been murdered since the signing of the Peace Agreement in 2016, while 73 massacres have taken place.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Has-128-Murders-of-Social-Leaders-So-Far-This-Year-20211002-0001.html
Erlwy Osorio Arias
