Colombia: Colombian Environmental Official Assassinated in Southern Meta Department

Dec 7, 2020 | Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
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December 3, 2020 was a fateful day for the defense of the environment in Colombia. Javier Francisco Parra Cubillos, an official from regional environmental authority Cormacarena in the department of Meta – was shot several times while traveling through the municipality of La Macarena, in the department’s southern region.