Defender of the Colombian people: every three days, they kill a social leader

The ombudsman, Carlos Alfonso Negret, said that between January 1, 2016 and 30 In June of this year, "311 Colombian citizens dedicated to being social leaders and human rights defenders were murdered."

Most of the homicides took place in areas of narcotrafic or illegal mining, such as Cauca (78 homicides), Antioquia (43), Norte de Santander (21), Nariño (18) and Valle del Cauca and Chocó, both with 16.

"We have said enough, not a social leader murdered in Colombia because what we need is peace and quiet," added Negret in a audio reportage to the press

The protection of social leaders and human rights defenders must be a state policy to guarantee peace and democracy. @DefensoriaCol will continue to add effort to this. pic.twitter.com/K2g0RrABIj

– Defensoría delPueblo (@DefensoriaCol) June 30, 2018

For outgoing President Juan Manuel Santos, from 2016 to March 2018 they were 160 leaders communal and human rights were murdered in actions attributed to different groups and motivations.

The killings of militants are one of the main demands of the ex-FARC guerrilla after the signing of a peace agreement with the government in 2016 turned into a political party

We let's lay down our weapons because we believe in the possibility of a reconciled country. No more dirty war, no more social leader murders! we are the promoters of #Paz .

#NosEstanMantando https://t.co/Crtu6HHk04

– FARC (@FARC_EPueblo) July 5, 2018

According to official figures since the signing of the agreement, at least forty FARC ex-combatants and relatives of the former guerrillas were murdered.

We reject and condemn the murder of social leaders. We are beginning to implement the model of collective protection of social leaders created by Decree 660 of 2018, which we hope will be an effective tool to protect them

– Guillermo Rivera (@riveraguillermo) ] July 4, 2018

Interior Minister Guillermo Rivera said this week that the biggest concern of the next executive, led by President-elect Iván Duque, should be the brake on homicide Social leaders

"I believe that the priority The next government, which must pay special attention, is the phenomenon of the badbadination of social leaders," he said after a meeting of transition teams of Santos and Duque

. the National Commission for Security Guarantees will be called upon to make an badessment of protective measures for social leaders. "

In the coming days, he is called to the National Commission of the Guarantees of Security to make an evaluation of the measures of protection to the social leaders with regard to the events of the last weeks

– Guillermo Rivera (@riveraguillermo) July 5, 2018