Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Cauca

Sex¹:Male

Date of Killing:18/10/2021

Previous Threats:General threats to HRD in the area

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Asociación Campesina de Trabajadores de Argelia (ASCAMTA)

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.resumenlatinoamericano.org/2021/10/19/colombia-asesinan-a-efren-espana-y-a-luis-alfonso-narvaez-lideres-en-cauca/

https://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/asesinaron-a-dos-lideres-y-a-dos-indigenas-en-una-noche-en-cauca-626210

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