Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Cauca

Sex¹:Male

Age:50

Date of Killing:19/10/2021

Previous Threats:General threats to HRD in the area

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos del Carare (ATCC) / Asamblea Nacional de Zonas de Reserva Campesina (ANZORC) / Proceso de Unidad Popular del Suroccidente Colombiano (PUPSOC) / Marcha Patriótica / Movimiento Campesino de Cultivadores de Coca, Amapola y Marihuana (COCCAM)

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:ESC Rights

Sector Detail:Land rights, Peasant communities

More information:Programa Somos Defensores

¹This database records an individual's chosen gender identity. If they do not self-identify as male or female they can use the option of recording other/neither or use the term NBGI (non binary gender identity).

URLs (links) of Interest

https://somosdefensores.org/informe-anual-2021-sistema-de-informacion-sobre-agresiones-contra-personas-defensoras-de-dd-hh-en-colombia-siaddhh/

https://www.pares.com.co/continua-la-grave-crisis-de-violencia-en-el-cauca/

https://www.pares.comhttps://www.contagioradio.com/asesinan-a-los-lideres-rogelio-lopez-figueroa-y-noe-corsini-zuniga/.co/continua-la-grave-crisis-de-violencia-en-el-cauca/

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