“The community leader, communicator, and broadcaster Jader Durango was murdered in a rural area of the town of Tierralta, in the Caribbean department of Córdoba, the non-profit Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Paz (Indepaz) reported on Monday, bringing the number of social leaders murdered in 2026 to 82.
Durango, 42, a member of the Casup communication collective, was recognized in the rural district of Batata for his work training young people in broadcasting and community communication.
According to Indepaz, Durango’s body was found on Saturday along the road connecting the La Sierpe and Murmullo areas, with multiple gunshot wounds.
Present in Tierralta are the Clan del Golfo—the country's largest criminal gang, which calls itself the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (EGC)—as well as Los Caparros and other local criminal organizations.”
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