On 30 November 2024 and again in 02 January 2025 CREDHOS publicly denounced that the armed group Ejército Gaitanista de Colombia – EGC (also known as Clan del Golfo or Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia – AGC) has a plan to murder CREDHOS’ president Iván Madero. CREDHOS’ members, as well as other civil society organisations and communities of the Magdalena Medio region such as FEDEPESAN have been threatened and stigmatized for over a year, as part of the armed group’s process of territorial, political, economic, and social control, expansion and strengthening in the region. We call on the Colombian state to guarantee the protection of the civil society organisations and communities of the Magdalena Medio region.
