Gunman misses Colombia union leader, kills brother [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Gunman misses Colombia union leader, kills brother
The Associated Press
Published: Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 8:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 8:52 p.m.

A gunman opened fire on a labor leader in the Colombia city of Cali but missed, killing the man's brother and wounding two other people, including a 4-year-old girl, police said Thursday.

Adolfo Devia, vice president of the Cali Municipal Corporations Workers Union, escaped the Wednesday night attack uninjured, Cali police chief Fabio Castaneda told The Associated Press. But his 26-year-old brother, Jonathan, died of a gunshot to the head, Castaneda said.

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Colombia's national police director, Gen. Oscar Naranjo, said the 21-year-old gunman was captured by the union leader's bodyguards and was being questioned.

Two other leaders of the union, known as SINTRAEMCALI, received death threats last month signed by The Black Eagles, a far-right militia, inviting them to their own funerals, according to a letter that 10 U.S. congressmen sent to U.S. President Barack Obama last week.

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