Colombia: Fear for safety

Index Number: AMR 23/042/1997
Date Published: 26 June 1997
Categories: Americas, Colombia

Hector Castro, Nelson Amaya, Jairo Gallego, Guillermo Dominguez, Ariel Vinasco, Dorian Perez, Jairo Munoz, Horacio Cabrera, Julio Perea, Jose Perdomo, Edgar Silvio, Julio Hernandez, Victor Ninco: There is concern for the safety of the above trade union leaders from a branch of the multinational company Goodyear in Cali, department of Valle, after written threats by a paramilitary group, Colombia Sin Guerrilla (COLSINGUE), were made against them and their families.