Edwin Jair Solís Muñoz, a member of the Federación Nacional Sindical Unitaria Agropecuaria (FENSUAGRO), suffered an attempt on his life on 16 February 2017 close to his home in a rural area of the municipality of Sucre, in Cauca. Hooded men in dark clothes, armed with rifles, shot at him several times. Edwin managed to escape to a safe place.