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The Colombian authorities 180 orders capture against those responsible for the death and threats of social leaders and human rights defenders in the south-west of the country, said the Attorney General, Néstor Humberto Martínez

"In the south-west of the country we have over 140 orders of capture and in the case of people who besieged the relocated FARC there are 40 arrest warrants " Martínez told reporters

Among the causes of the murders, Martínez explained," most of them have to do with their work as human rights defenders humans, there are other causes, but it is the most important. "

From the point of view of the authors, he adds, "quantitatively those that most affect our leaders are criminal organizations such as the Gulf clan, the guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the dissidents of FARC ".

As a result of the above, in the opinion of the Office of the Prosecutor, the victims were promoters of legality in their territories, which is why they became a "threat" . illegal groups

According to official data, between 1 January 2016 and 6 July 181 social leaders were killed, including 89 cases In the future, " what interests us the most, is that there is a prevention so that there is not a single murder of leaders or defenders whose custody corresponds to them. Néstor Humberto Martínez

Last week, violence against these rulers intensified in Colombia and at least eight of them were murdered. they were convicted President Santos and president-elect, Iván Duque.

According to the director of the elite police corps for the protection of social leaders, Colonel Jose Restrepo, at least 178 of these activists have been murdered in the country since November 2016, date on which the peace agreement between the government and the FARC was signed.

In the meantime, the Office of the Ombudsman reported that between 1 January 2016 and 30 June 2018 311 leaders were killed.

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