José Abelardo Liz

Year: 2020

Nationality: Colombia

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Corinto, Colombia

Press organization: Nación Nasa

What's José Abelardo Liz's story?

On August 13, 2020, José Abelardo Liz was shot and killed during a two-day military campaign to remove members of the Nasa Indigenous group from land near the western Colombian town of Corinto, according to news reports and Dora Muñoz, a spokesperson for the Nasa community, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app. A second civilian was also killed in the campaign, and another was injured, according to those reports and Muñoz.

Go back