Attack on environmentalist following criticisms of mayor

Attack on environmentalist following criticisms of mayor
Dec 9, 2014 posted by Robin Llewellyn

Armed men attacked the home of a northwest Colombian environmental activist on Monday after he had criticized the local mayor.

Fernando Jaramillo, coordinator of the Environmental Round-table of the town of Jerico in southwest Antioquia had earlier published an article criticizing mayor David Toro on several counts, but particularly his support for mining.

Jaramillo told local radio that one of the attackers was the driver of the mayor.

On December 1. Jaramillo published an article in the independent local newspaper Despierta Jerico, presenting a list of six questions for Toro.

These included the demand to explain why he had made agreements with the mining company over the handling of local water sources, having “publicly promised not to make inter-administrative agreements with the mining company of Quebradona.”

More:
http://colombiareports.co/attack-environmentalist-following-criticisms-mayor/