Colombia - Threats against SINTRAIME, CUT and FENSUAGRO leaders in Cesar

On 7 April 2017, a threat signed by the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC) was sent to the emails of union leaders and human rights defenders in Cesar. The trade union leaders threatened included Javier Martínez Cabello, president of the metalworkers’ union SINTRAIME and human rights secretary of the Cesar branch of the CUT, as well as Elvia Jiménez, head of the Federación Nacional Sindical Unitaria Agropecuaria (FENSUAGRO).