Colombia: New murder of social leader raises to 45 the number of occisoes during 2025

The Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Paz (Indepaz) of Colombia denounced this Friday the murder of a social leader in Palmira, in the department of Valle del Cauca. READ ALSO: Tax reform in Colombia points to strategic sectors Alcides Castellanos was a recognized social and peasant leader who supported the benefit of the families of Tenjo’s town council, Palmira’s jurisdiction, said the entity adding that this man was murdered in hi…

The violent events were recorded around 1:30 p.m. when two hitmen broke into a commercial establishment, type bakery, where the professional was spending time with two of his sisters and a nephew. Correa Ramírez, a social-journalist communicator from the U. de A., had more than 40 years of professional experience. For almost three decades he directed [...] La entrada Commotion for the violent death of journalist and one of his sisters in Envigad…

The Metropolitan Police of the Aburrá Valley confirmed this Friday, March 28, that the two women murdered at noon in Envigado are the journalist María Victoria Correa Ramírez, 70, and her sister María Norelia. According to what was revealed so far by the authorities, the crime occurred inside a commercial premises. There two armed men shot at them and a third person accompanying them. María Victoria Correa Ramírez was a renowned journalist and d…

A deep sense of pain and rejection has generated the murder of journalist María Victoria Correa Ramírez and her sister, the dentist Norelia Correa, in an armed attack that occurred in the municipality of Envigado, Antioquia. The crime took place at noon in the Pecositas pastry shop, located near the La Casona mall. The news has shocked the region's journalistic and political community, who have expressed their indignation and demanded justice. T…