On October 6, 2004 the body of Pedro Jaime Mosquera was found in Arauca. His body showed signs of torture. Mr. Mosquera’s union, FENSUAGRO, which represents farmers, believes the Colombian government is behind the killing. This murder is the latest in a string of recent killings of union leaders … [Read more...]

REYNALDO PERDOMO, human rights defender PEDRO TORRES, Civilians in El Castillo municipality, Meta department Human rights activists in Villavicencio, Meta department In August 2003 human rights advocate Reynaldo Perdomo and civilian Pedro Torres were brutally murdered. At 9:00 p.m. on … [Read more...]

A March 14 2004 Amnesty International bulletin indicates that human rights lawyer Rodolfo Ríos Lozano has in recent weeks, received a succession of very serious death threats delivered by telephone and has been further intimidated by being kept under surveillance and followed. Specific threats warn … [Read more...]

At roughly 9:00 p.m. on December 26, 2003 Uldarico Florez made telephone arrangements to meet with family members later that night in the Kennedy district of Bogotá for a celebration. Unfortunately, Florez never made it to this event. An exhaustive search by friends and family over the following … [Read more...]

At Approximately 11:15 a.m. on March 29, 2004 Fabián Correa was attacked by two men. At the time of the attack Correa was driving a taxi owned by Eduardo Luna, Ademir’s father. The men entered the taxi and made Correa drive to a dead end street. The men then asked Correa, “You are Ademir Luna, … [Read more...]

On December 23, 2004, Armando Sanchez received a call on his cellular phone from an anonymous caller who told him he would be killed if he did not leave the country within five days. Mr. Sanchez reported the call and was placed under 24-hour police protection. On December 26, 2004, at approximately … [Read more...]

On 1 August, 2004, a handwritten note was left at the CALDH regional office in the town of Rabinal, in the Baja Verapaz mountains north of Guatemala city. The note named the witness to the massacre and warned that “if you carry on talking to the human rights people about the massacre the days of the … [Read more...]

Edwin Juan Colindres is the leader of the Committee for Peasant Unity (CUC). CUC members appear to be targeted by paramilitaries because of the organization's role in organizing peasant farmers to claim or retain lands which they believe are theirs by law. CUC has also pressed for implementation of … [Read more...]

Fernando Lopez is the director of the legal team at CALDH (Centre for Human Rights Legal Action). CALDH aims to bring justice to those responsible for human rights violations in Guatemala. CALDH, with AJR (Association of Justice and Reconciliation), has filed a law suit against current presidential … [Read more...]

José Israel López López was the regional representative of the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office of Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos (PDH), in the Department of Chimaltenango. His duties involved carrying out investigations concerning ongoing PDH investigations of human rights violations. PDH is … [Read more...]