Colombia left-wing city council member killed
Colombia left-wing city council member killed
posted by Mimi Yagoub
Dec 30, 2013
Colombia police confirmed the murder of the president of Sucre City Council Gilberto Diaz this Sunday.
The city council member for the left-wing Polo Democratico Alternativo (PDA) party was mortally wounded after being shot by hit men in his family home.
The commander specified that two masked me entered his house during the night, while his family was also present, shooting him three times in the head as he watched television. He died of his injuries in a Popayan hospital not long after.
Perez furthermore offered a $5,000 reward to anyone with information regarding those responsible for the crime.
Daza, who had been working as a city council member for more than a decade, will be remembered for defending water rights in the area — opposing the Departmental Water Plan, the privatization of the municipal aqueduct as well as mining exploitation by multinational companies.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/left-wing-sucre-city-councilor-shot-dead/
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Google translation of a Spanish article:
Killed a councilor of the Alternative Democratic Pole
BOGOTA, Dec. 30 (EUROPA PRESS) -
Councilman Colombian leftist Alternative Democratic Pole (PAD) Gilberto Daza was shot dead on Saturday night at his home in the town of Sucre, located in the state of Cauca (southwest), as reported Sunday training.
The police commander of Cauca, Iván Ramiro Perez, confirmed the incident and has offered a substantial reward for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the murder.
Daza, who was also chairman of the Council of Sucre, was known for his defense of water and the protection of ecosystems, as recalled by the newspaper El Colombiano '.
The event has been severely criticized by members of the PAD, including the party president and presidential candidate, Clara López Obregón. In a message through the social network Twitter microblogging President, Juan Manuel Santos, has indicated that Daza was killed "at home, next to a police command."
For his part, the former candidate for training for mayor of the capital, Bogota, Aurelio Suárez, has used this network to ensure that "the authorities knew of threats to Gilberto Daza". Also, Congressman Ivan Cepeda stressed that the murder "demonstrates the lack of guarantees for the left in elections."
http://www.europapress.es/latam/colombia/noticia-colombia-asesinado-concejal-polo-democratico-alternativo-vivienda-sucre-20131230024650.html
(Short article, no more at link.)
(My emphasis.)