Colombian woman threatened with gun: Alfamir Castillo

Index Number: AMR 23/040/2012
Date Published: 11 October 2012
Categories: Colombia

On 10 October, a man aimed a gun at Alfamir Castillo, the mother of a young man killed by members of the Colombian armed forces in Palmira municipality, southern Colombia. The gunman threatened to kill her and her lawyers, days before a court hearing into the extrajudicial execution of her son and another man.