Leonardo García Morera, a member of the teachers’ union Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de la Educación del Valle (SUTEV), was murdered on 13 February 2013 in the municipality of Bolívar, in Valle del Cauca.
Leonardo began teaching in the state education sector a few years ago and taught primary school children at El Naranjal Educational Institute, Benjamín Agredo headquarters, in El Catre, in the municipality of Bolívar, in Valle.
He disappeared at midday on 13 February and his body was found later that night. The teacher was doing social work with the Embera indigenous community and, shortly before his murder, had organised resources with an international organisation to continue with this work. Following his murder, one of the head teachers at the institute where he worked commented that Leonardo and other teachers had received threats, which had been reported to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
