Colombia - USO trade union leader arrested

On 2 November 2013, the vice president of the Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), Darío Cárdenas Pachón, was arrested in Villavicencio, Meta, on charges of obstructing public highways, damaging natural resources and causing intentional damage to property.
The USO insisted that his arrest was a setup, aimed at preventing the free exercise of trade union activities, and has been combined with a leafleting campaign, slander and threats against trade union leaders and their families.

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