On 14 November, armed assailants forcibly entered a relative’s house, just yards away from Ramos’ home. They said they were following orders “from above” and produced a photo of Ramos, stating that he was their real target.
On 22 November 2013, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) denounced an armed attack on the family of Lázaro Ramos, General Secretary of the ITF-affiliated Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Portuaria Quetzal (STEPQ).
The STEPQ and the ITF believe that this incident is directly linked to the measures being deployed to force the union to abandon its legal action to stop plans to privatise part of the port and grant a concession to the Spanish company TCB (Terminal de Contenedores de Barcelona).