They denounce another murder of a social leader in Caloto, Cauca

The collective network of human rights Francisco Isaias Cifuentes denounced Tuesday the badbadination of the social leader Luis Eduardo Dagua, whose body was found in the municipality of Caloto, Cauca

According to a statement of the organization, the body of Dagua was found Monday by residents of the village of El Carmelo.

"The lifeless body has marks of torture on the neck and face, in the neighborhood the murder was presented because of stones," details the information.

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Dagua He was a member of the National Federation of Agricultural Trade Unions, Fensuagro, as well as the patriotic movement and Southwestern People's Unity process, Pupsoc.

About this type of murder, lawyer Fern ando Carrillo warned that there could be disciplinary penalties for mayors and governors who do not have a policy to defend the peasants against the attacks of the victims

"S it is necessary to use the disciplinary power for mayors and governors of public policies, budgets and clear action in defending the leaders social, is how we will go from the front, "said Carrillo during the installation of" Mesa for the protection of life ", in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca.

In announcing the creation of the Social Dialogue Delegate, which will aim to facilitate dialogue between leaders and human rights defenders in the protest scenarios taking place in the country, Carrillo invited social leaders and human rights defenders human rights to act in the institutionality to "immobilize" those responsible for the murders.

According to the director of the elite police For the protection of social leaders, Colonel José Restrepo, at least 178 of these militants have been murdered in the country since November 2016, the date of the signing of the law. peace agreement between the government and the FARC.

The Office of the Ombudsman reported that 311 leaders had been murdered between January 1, 2016 and June 30, 2018.