They kill us because we defend our rights and our dignity. Two armed men with their faces covered, violently broke into Lucindo's house, downtown Tierralta, and after killing him in cold blood boarded a vehicle where two more men were waiting.
Witnesses describe a red pickup truck with tinted glass.
We have been fighting the construction of the Urra hydroelectric project because it will annihilate our people and culture and will greatly harm the Sinu territory. We do not know if these are the reasons for so much violence against us. This murder occurred only two weeks after the Upper Sinu Assembly of Governors of the Embera-Katio issued a public statement about the armed conflict. We clearly stated that we have no commitments to any of the legal or illegal actors in the armed conflict, we rejected the pressure and threats that we received prior to our consultation with Urra, we denounced the irresponsible misuse of our words by the media, and restated our concern for the aggressive calls from some senators labeling us as enemies of progress for the Atlantic Coast region. We demand an investigation into the murder of our leader Lucindo and those of Alonso and Alejandro, which are acts against our nation.