Cesar García, a campesino leader who opposed the mining operations of AngloGold Ashanti at La Colosa in the central Colombian department of Tolima, was assassinated Nov. 2 by an unknown gunman as he worked his small farm at the vereda
(hamlet) of Cajón la Leona. Supporters said he had been targeted for
his work with the Environmental Campesino Committee of Cajamarca, the
local municipality. In a statement, the Network of Tolima Environmental
and Campesino Committees said the Cajamarca group had been "stigmatized
as enemies of progress in the region," and falsely linked to the
guerilla movement. The statement noted a growing climate of fear in the
area.
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