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.
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