Gunman misses Colombia union leader, kills brother
Source: Associated Press
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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Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)Gunmen attack labor organizer, family in Colombia
Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:35
Arron Daugherty
Gunmen killed one victim and wounded four others during an assassination attempt against a labor organizer in Cali, Colombia's third largest city, on Wednesday.
According to local media, assassins arrived at the house of Cali Municipal Business Union (USE) Vice President Adolfo Devia Paz around midnight and opened fire.
Paz's bodyguard reportedly returned fire, wounding one of the attackers. The unidentified assailant was arrested Thursday morning when he arrived at a hospital for medical treatment.
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According to Spanish news wire EFE, Colombia is the world's most dangerous country for labor organizers, with over 2,800 unionists killed since 1986.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/24230-gunmen-attack-labor-organizer-family-in-colombia.html
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Probably because he failed.
Edit: Oh nm, the union guys caught him, not the police.