Incident Summary:

01/06/2020: Assailants opened fire on Gloria Ocampo, a community action board secretary and coca substitution activist, in La Estrella, Putumayo, Colombia. Ocampo and another civilian were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202001070018

When:
2020-01-06

Country:
Colombia

Region:
South America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Putumayo

City:
La Estrella

Location Details:
The incident occurred in Peurto Guzman district.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Community Action Board of Puerto Guzman
Specific Description Secretary: Gloria Ocampo
Nationality of Target Colombia
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators 2
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 2 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 2
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Colombia military, guerrilla update 8 January 2020," BBC Monitoring, January 8, 2020.
"Colombia media highlights 8 January 2020," BBC Monitoring, January 8, 2020.