Colombia: Death threat/ fear for safety

Index Number: AMR 23/036/2007
Date Published: 5 October 2007
Categories: Colombia

Javier Correa, President of the National Union of Food Industry Workers (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de Alimentos, SINALTRAINAL), received a death threat, and the son of regional SINALTRAINAL leader José Domingo Flores was abducted and beaten. There are fears that the lives of members of SINALTRAINAL are in danger.