Colombia - ASTRACAN leader murdered

On 23 September 2017, whilst Pedro Emilio Guerra, president of the Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos de Nariño (ASTRACAN), affiliated to FENSUAGRO, was on the main square in the municipality of Peñol, in Nariño, organising with some of the leaders from the region, an unknown individual approached him and publically threatened him.