Colombian indigenous leader shot dead
Jeremy Hancemongabay.com
August 08, 2010
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), under the Organization of American States (OAS), condemned the murder and urged Colombian authorities to track down Socarrás Pimienta's killers.
In addition the IACHR also called for Colombia "to attend to the needs for protection and security of those who defend the rights of the indigenous peoples of Colombia, to ensure that crimes such as this one do not happen again" in a press release.
According to Survival International, over1,400 indigenous people have been killed since 2002 in Colombia.
The Wayúu tribe is a matrilineal society which speaks a unique language, Wayunaiki, and inhabits the Guajira state of Colombia.
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