One judicial official murdered every month in Colombia

[Judi Lynn]

One judicial official murdered every month in Colombia
Saturday, 26 March 2011 09:30
Toni Peters

287 Colombian judicial officers have been assassinated and hundreds more were subjected to violence and intimidation over the past 20 years, the association of judicial employees said Friday.

Over the past two decades, 750 officers of the judiciary have been threatened (220 in the last four years alone), 42 have been kidnapped, 39 are missing, 39 have been forced into exile and 31 were forced to relocate.

The most recent attack, the murder of Judge Gloria Constanza Gaona on March 22, prompted the National Association of Employees of the Judicial Branch (Asonal Judicial) to call a national day of protest with a demonstration which took place in Bogota Friday.

The demonstration was attended by over 41,000 judicial workers and took place at the Paloquemao Judicial Complex in downtown Bogota. Black banners were hung from buildings as a sign of mourning and images of 160 victims were displayed in the square of the complex.

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