Colombia - Attempt on life of SINTRAINAGRO leader

Alfonso Viafara Caicedo, president of the Pradera branch of agricultural workers’ union SINTRAINAGRO (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria Agropecuaria), received threats, via his mobile phone, on 30 October 2017. On 10 November of the same year, six shots were fired at his house whilst the union leader was at home with his family.