Three members of a farmer family killed in Colombia

In December, the local Ombudsman Office denounced several death threats against the farmers, and in February, the Feria Lopez family received intimidating WhatsApp messages. 

Colombia's Social Foundation Cordobexia denounced the assassination of a farmer family in the  La Cabaña trail, in the San Jose municipality in the region of Cordoba.

Cordobexia said in a statement: "Three members of the Feria Lopez family were murdered: Mr. Vitaliano Feria, his wife Elis Lopez and Edinson Feria (son); a daughter of Edinson and granddaughter of Vitaliano and Elis was tied up, taken by force by the criminals and then thrown on a road as she left the village."

In December, the local Ombudsman Office denounced several death threats against the farmers, and in February, the Feria Lopez family received intimidating WhatsApp messages. 

The complainants alleged the murderers had political motivations. Elis Lopez, one of the victims, was the sister of Municipality's Councilor Manuel Lopez.