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<h1 class="reader-title">Colombia: 46 Social Leaders, 10 Ex-FARC
Members Killed in 2020</h1>
February 18, 2020</div>
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<p>The systematic killing of social leaders and former
members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) continues with impunity in Colombia, as two
brothers - human rights defenders and <em>campesino </em>leaders
- were killed Sunday in the southwest department of
Cauca, raising the tally to 46 murdered in 2020.</p>
<p>“The aggression was carried out by several armed men.
After this, it was already confirmed that the two
victims led an organizational process in the area, a
worrying aspect because it happens after the murder of
an Indigenous leader in less than 24 hours,” Human
Rights area Coordinator of the Association of Indigenous
Municipalities of the Northern Cauca Mauricio Capaz
said.</p>
<p>A representative of the National Federation of Unitary
Agriculture Deivin Hurtado confirmed that men killed are
social leaders and human rights defenders, brothers
Albeiro and Luis Hugo Silva Mosquera.</p>
<p>One of them died in the medical center of this
municipality and the other when he was taken to the
Valle del Lili clinic in the city of Cali. The community
was responsible for providing first aid after allegedly
six armed men attacked the Silva brothers, injuring an
Indigenous guard as well.</p>
<p>“We continue to regret this kind of situation, not only
a family is in mourning, it is a whole community that
cries the departure of people who actively participated
in the protection and welfare of their territory, thus
killing leaders who watched over the general welfare of
farmers and Indigenous people, worrying that this will
happen amid the high presence of the public force in the
territories,” Hurtado added.</p>
<p>So far this year, 46 social leaders and 10 ex-FARC
members have been killed, and according to a report from
the Institute for Development and Peace Studies
(Indepaz), around 630 social leaders have been killed in
Colombia, after the signing of the peace agreement in
November 2016.</p>
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