The departmental president of the Asociación Santandereana de Servidores Públicos (ASTDEMP) in the municipality of Bucaramanga, department of Santander, has been the target of ongoing threats.
On 8 April 2013, an envelope was found at the trade union head office with a message declaring her a military target and a public enemy. They also sent her two dolls representing her two daughters. One was without an arm and the other without a leg; their faces and bodies were splattered with red paint. The threat was signed by the paramilitary group Comando Urbano de los Rastrojos. Although measures are already in place to protect the trade union leader, she has requested that they also be extended to her daughters but has not yet received a response.
