Incident Summary:

01/14/2020: Assailants opened fire on Yordan Tovar in Teteye, Putumayo, Colombia. Tovar, a union leader and social activist, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202001140022

When:
2020-01-14

Country:
Colombia

Region:
South America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Putumayo

City:
Teteye

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Union Leader: Yordan Tovar
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
Additional Information The victim was also a Teteye corregimental committee member.
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
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 media highlights 17 January 2020," BBC Monitoring, January 20, 2020.