16 Teachers Slain This Year in Colombia

[Judi Lynn]

Caracas,
Wednesday
November 10,2010

16 Teachers Slain This Year in Colombia


BOGOTA – A total of 16 teachers have been killed so far this year in Colombia and three more have disappeared, the CUT labor federation said Tuesday.

At least three additional teachers have been the victims of attacks during the same period, while 20 have been forced to leave their homes, according to a CUT report on violence against educators.

The CUT, Colombia’s main union federation, emphasized that another 144 teachers had received threats since the beginning of this year.

Regarding the fatalities, the CUT said that all those murders had been conducted when the victims “were carrying out their educational or union work in their regions.”

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