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Social leaders in Colombia continue to be killed at an alarming rate written
written by Atticus Ballesteros October 24, 2017
In the past seven days armed actors have murdered five social leaders in Colombia, a disturbing figure for a country trying to implement a national peace process.
According to the Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation (PARES), more than 80 social leaders have been killed in 2017. That’s approximately one leader every three days, nearly double the same statistic from 2016.
A United Nations official recently affirmed that the killing of leaders has increased since a peace deal was made with Marxist FARC guerrillas last year.
In the most recent killing, Miguel Perez was promoting the government’s new illicit crop substitution program in the Antioquia province when he was murdered.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/social-leaders-colombia-continue-killed-alarming-rate/
