The following is a list of members of the Colombian University Community who have been victims of human rights abuses between 1985 and 2004. It is accurate according to figures available to date but is by no means exhaustive. This is a project in construciton and we soon hope to have it functioning as an online searchable database. If you have any more informaiton regarding any of these violations or any new inoformation that would help build this database please contact us: universidadviva(at)mutualaid(dot)org. Thankyou.

All cases of human rights violations have been denouced before the appropriate authorities.

University Administrative Staff:

UNIVERSITY OF ANTIOQUIA, MEDELLIN

Luis Norberto Moreno Lopera. Death threat, from the AUC, 2003. Violation remainst unpunished.

Jaime Correa. Disappeared. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF THE ATLANTIC, BARRANQUILLA

Carmen Mesa. Death threat from the AUC. Violation remains unpunished.

Alejandro de la Hoz. Exilled.

Luis Mesa Almanza. (Secretary General of the University). Asesinado 9th of August 2000. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA

Joel Terán. Death threat, from the AUC, 2002.

UNIVERSITY OF THE CAUCA

Mario José López puerto. Death threat, from the AUC. Popayán 2003

UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA

José Luis Páez. Death threat, from the AUC. Montería 2003.

Carmelo Pérez. Death threat, from the AUC. Montería 2003..

Álvaro Vélez Carriazo. Death threat, from the AUC. Montería 2003.

Rene Cabrales Sossa. Attempted assassination after having appeared on a death list. Montería, 10th of June, 1996. Violation remains unpunished.

José  Sobrino. Exiled, Montería, 1999.

Antonio Flórez González. (Secretary of Union affairs SINTRAEMCALI Nacional). Death threat by telephone. He has subsequently been displaced. Montería, 2000. Violation remains unpunishd.

Nelson Narváez Romero.. Assassinated close to his home by an unkown party. There was no prior death threat. Montería, 29th June 2001. Violation remains unpunished.

Cesar Alarcón Morales. Assasinated in the Plaza Garzones by an unknown party, There was no prior death threat. 30th of August 2003. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF CUNDINAMARCA

Ana Milena Cobos. Death threat from the AUC. Fusagasugá, 2003.

INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTANDER

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (Presiedent of  SINTRAUIS). Detained in the dungeons of the SIJIN. 5th of February 1985. 

Luis Alberto García Peña. (Administrator SINTRAUIS). Detained in the dungeons of the SIJIN . 5th of February 1985.

Jesús Galvis Anaya. (Secretary of publicity SINTRAUIS). Detained in the dungeons of the SIJIN. 5th of February 1985. 

Pedro Miguel Mendoza. (President of SINTRAUIS). Detained in the Modelo prison 11th of June, 1985.

Iván Castellanos Moreno. (Treasurer of SINTRAUIS). Detained in the Modelo prison 11th of June, 1985.

Nelson Moreno. (Associate of ASEUIS). Detained and driven to the DAS regional headquarters.  23rd of January 1986.

Christian Roa. (Presiedent of SINTRAUIS). Death threat. 17th of February, 1987.

Christian Roa. (Presiedent of SINTRAUIS). Death threat.  20thof march, 1987.

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (Prosecuting Attorney for SINTRAUIS) Death threat. 20th March 1987.

José Antonio Bohórquez Jaimes. (Member of SINTRAUIS). Disappeared. 11th of March 1988, found Assassinated, 15th March 1988.

Christian Roa. (Presiedent of SINTRAUIS). Disappeared 27th June 1988.

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (Presiedent of SINTRAUIS). Break in at his residence, Detained by the 5th Brigade of the Army, 15th April 1989.

Jairo Mosquera Reyes. (Employed member of ASEUIS). Break in at his residence, Detained by the 5th Brigade of the Army, 15th April 1989.

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (Presiedent of SINTRAUIS). Death threat  16th of May, 1989.

Iván Castellanos Moreno. (Prosecuting Attorney for SINTRAUIS) Death threat. 16th of May, 1989.

Domiciano Portilla Sanabria. (Member of SINTRAUIS). Break in at his residence, 22nd of August, 1989.

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (Presiedent of SINTRAUIS). Death threat  20th of October, 1989.

Marcelino Moreno Guarín.  (Vicepresident, SINTRAUIS). Threatened. 20th October, 1989.

Iván Castellanos Moreno. (Treasurer, SINTRAUIS). Threatened 20th October, 1989.

Pedro Miguel Mendoza. (Member of the Committee for Labour Relations, SINTRAUIS). Threatened 20th October, 1989.

Epimenio Noriega.  (Secretary for publicity, SINTRAUIS). Threatened 20th October, 1989.

Javier Quintero Navas. (President of ASEUIS). Threatened 20th October, 1989.

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (President of SINTRAUIS). Exiled 9th of April, 1990.

Álvaro Villamizar. Death threat from the AUC, 1999.

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (President of SINTRAUNICOL) Break in at his workplace, Bucaramanga,  21st of November, 2002.

Luis Alejandro Díaz Parada. (Secretary, SINTRAUNICOL). Break in at his workplace, 21st of November, 2002.

Orlando Zafra Rodríguez. (Member of the Committee for Labour Relations, SINTRAUNICOL). Tormented by individuals on motorbikes, 21st of November, 2002.

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (President of SINTRAUNICOL) Tormented by individuals on motorbikes, Bucaramanga, 22nd of November, 2002.

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (President of SINTRAUNICOL). Threatened by the AUC, 26th of February, 2003.

Álvaro Enrique Villamizar Mogollón. (President of SINTRAUNICOL). Threatened by the AUC, 26th of November, 2003.

UNIVERSITY OF MAGDALENA

Ricardo Navarro Brugges. (University worker fired for union activity) Death threat from the AUC. Santa Marta, 2000.

Hugo Maduro. Assassinated. Santa Marta, 22nd June 2001. Violation remains unpunished.

Gladys Navarro. Exiled. Santa Marta, 2000.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, BOGOTÁ CAMPUS

Víctor Gómez. Tormented by paramilitaries.

Horacio Ortiz.  Official break in .

Hernando Marenco. Tormented. 2002.

Eduardo Roberto Prieto. Tormented. 2002.

Ernesto Rodríguez. Tormented. 2002. Death threat from the AUC. 2003.

Bessy Pertuz. Death threat from the AUC. 2003.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, MEDELLÍN CAMPUS

Luis Otalvaro Amazara Rivera. Death threat from the AUC, 2003.

Maria Elizabeth Montoya. Death threat from the AUC, 2003.

Gilberto Agudelo Martínez. (President SINTRAUNICOL) Disappeared, May, 2000.  Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF NARIÑO

Tito Libio Hernández. (Member of SINTRAUNICOL)  Assassinated. Pasto, 16th of June  2002. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF PAMPLONA

Andelfo Leal. Death threat from the AUC. Pamplona, 2002.

César Gómez Velasco. Assassinated. Pamplona, 2001.

Wilson Moyano. Death threat from the AUC. Pamplona, 2002.

SOUTH COLOMBIAN UNIVERSITY

Gustavo Ramírez. Death threat from the AUC. Neiva, 2001.

Jairo Zambrano.. Death threat from the AUC, Neiva, 1999. Exiled, 2000.

Sonia Jacqueline Morales. Death threat from the AUC, Neiva, 2002.

UNIVERSITY OF TOLIMA

Hernando Barajas. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué, 2004.

Ignacio Bríñez. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué, 2004.

Eduardo Camacho Rugeles. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué, 2002.

Luis Eduardo Colorado. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué, 2004.

Pedro Edgar Galeano Olaya. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué, 2002.

Gloria Garzón. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué.

Gerónimo Gómez. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué, 2004.

Germán  Rivas. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué, 2004.

Oscar Solanilla. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué, 2004.

Ever Tique Girón. Death threat from the AUC, Ibagué, 2002.

UNIVERSITY OF VALLE

Ariel Díaz.  Death threat from the AUC, Cali.

Carlos González. Death threat from the AUC, Cali.

José Múnera Ortega. (President of SINTRAUNICOL Nacional 2004) Death threat from the AUC, Cali.

Jesús González. Exiled. Cali, 2003.

In Total: 6 Assassinations, 46 Death Threats, 3 Disappeared, 5 Exiled, 6 Tormented, 1 Attempted Assassination, 6 Break-ins and 6 Arbitrary Detentions.

Human Rights Violations against Teaching Staff in Colombian Universities

UNIVERSITY OF ANTIOQUIA, MEDELLIN

Hernán Henao Delgado. Assassinated. Violation remains unpunished.

Pedro Luis Valencia. Assassinated. Violation remains unpunished.

Fabio Ramírez. Assassinated. Violation remains unpunished.

Héctor Abad Gómez. Assassinated. Violation remains unpunished.

Emiro Trujillo. Assassinated. Violation remains unpunished.

Leonardo Betancourt. Assassinated. Violation remains unpunished.

Luis Fernando Vélez. Assassinated. Violation remains unpunished.

Santiago Jaramillo. Assassinated, 8th of November, 2001. Violation remains unpunished

Jaime Correa. Disappeared, Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSIDAD DEL ATLÁNTICO

Rodrigo Peña Robles, Assassinated, 30th of December, 1998. Violation remains unpunished.

Alfredo Castro Haydar, Assassinated, 5th of October, 2000. Violation remains unpunished.

Carlos Rivera Riveros, Assassinated, 20th of February 2001 Violation remains unpunished.

Lisandro Vargas Zapata, Assassinated, 23rd of February 2001 Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA

Alberto Alzate Patiño. Assassinated at his residence by an unknown party, Montería, 1996. Violation remains unpunished.

Francisco Aguilar., Assassinated by an unknown party, Montería, January, 1995. Violation remains unpunished.

Misael Díaz Urzola. Assassinated, 26th of June 1998 by an unknown party in the centre of the city of Montería. There was no death threat. Violation remains unpunished.

James Pérez Chima. Assassinated, 10th of April 2000 by an unknown party, on Calle 41 and Circunvalar,  in front of a traffic light, Montería. His life had been previously threatened. Violation continues unpunished.

Hugo Iguarán Cotes. Assassination attempt, 12th of June 2000. Assassinated 11th of September 2000 at 7:00pm at the residence of the Vice Chancellor, Montería. Perpertrators are unkown. He had been threatened. Violation remains unpunished.

William  Aguirre. Kidnaped, September, 2000 by an unknown party. Assassinated, 8th of October 2000, Montería. Both violations remain unpunished.

INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTANDER

Conrado de Jesús Gallego. (Professor of Systems Engineering) Assassinated 14th of October 1989.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, BOGOTÁ CAMPUS

Jesús Bejarano.  Assassinated, 15th of August 1999. Violation remains unpunished.

Eduardo Humaña Mendoza. Assassinated 21st de June, 1995, Medellín. Violation remains unpunished

UNIVERSITY OF THE MAGDALENA

Julio Otero. Assassinated, May, 2001, Santa Marta. Violation remains unpunished.

NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Darío Betancourt. Asesinado, 22nd of November 2001, Bogotá. Violation continues unpunished.

POPULAR UNIVERSITY OF CESAR

Miguel Ángel vargas zapata. Assassinated, 20th of February 1999. Violation remains unpunished.

Luis José Manjarrés.  Assassinated, 22nd of October 2001. Violation remains unpunished.

Luis José Mendoza. Assassinated, 11th of November 2001, Valledupar. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF VALLE

Iván Velasco.  Assassinated, 26th of December 2001, Cali. Violation remains unpunished.

Totals: 26 Assassinations and 1 Dissappearance.

Human Rights Violations against Students in Colombian Universities.

UNIVERSITY OF ANTIOQUIA, MEDELLIN.

Juan Manuel Jiménez. Assassinated 8th of November, 2001. Violation remains unpunished.

Carlos Giovanni Blanco. Assassinated 8th of November, 2001. Violation remains unpunished.

Gustavo Marulanda. Assassinated. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF THE ATLANTIC

José Luis  Martínez. Assassinated. Violation remains unpunished.

Alexander Acuña. Assassinated, 3rd of December, 1999. Violation remains unpunished .

Adolfo Altamar. Assassinated, 4th of February, 2000. Violation remains unpunished.

Humberto  Contreras S. Assassinated, 23rd of April 2001. Violation remains unpunished.

Jairo Miguel Puello Polo. Assassinated, 3rd of May, 2001. Violation remains unpunished.

Omar Caro G. Assassinated, 6th of June 2001. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA

Pedro Manotas. Assassinated close to his home by an unknown party, Montería, 2000.  No threat was recieved, the violation remains unpunished.

Sheila Olascoaga. Assassinated by an unknown party, Montería, 2000.  No threat was recieved, the violation remains unpunished.

Marlys de la Ossa. Assassinated, by an unknown party while walking home, May, 2000.  There was a threat and he had been displaced in response to it. Violation remains unpunished.

Francisco José Ayazo. Assassinated, 5th of January, 2001 by unknown party,while arriving at University, Montería. Violation remains unpunished.

Mauricio Hernández. Kidnaped by the AUC, 28th of March 2000, Montería. Liberated by the state authorities. Violation remains unpunished.

Carlos  Ramírez. Kidnaped by the AUC, 2nd of March 2000, Montería. Liberated by the state authorities. Violation remains unpunished.

Enoin Humanez. Death threat in writing, Montería. Violation remains unpunished.

Abel fuentes. Death threat in writing, Montería. Violation remains unpunished.

Jorge solera. Death threat in writing, Montería. Violation remains unpunished.

Ramón Rodríguez. Death threat in writing, Montería. Violation remains unpunished.

Tito mogollón. Death threat in writing, Montería. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF CUNDINAMARCA

Student. Assassinated

Student. Assassinated 

UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER

Leonor Pulido de Duran. (Social Work Student) Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the army (la Quinta Brigada del Ejercito), 8 de julio de 1984.

Oscar Sánchez. (Medical Student). Arbitrarily Detained in the  Modelo prison, 21st of February, 1985.

Jaime Carvajal. (Industrial Engineering Student). Arbitrarily Detained in the  Modelo prison, 21st of February, 1985.

Jorge Pabón.  (Language Student). Arbitrarily Detained in the  Modelo prison, 21st of February, 1985.

Javier Marín Rodríguez. (Petrol Engineering Student) Arbitrarily Detained in the cells of the F2, 12th of November 1985.

Miguel Palacios.  (Electrical Engineering Student). Residence Broken into and Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army, 28th of November 1985.

Arnaldo Becerra. (Electrical Engineering Student). Residence Broken into and Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army, 28th of November 1985.

Luis Alfonso Díaz. (Metalic Engineering Student). Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army,  4th of December 1985.

Luis Gerardo Vega. (Metalic Engineering Student) Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army,  4th of December 1985.

Manuel Moreno. (Metalic Engineering Student) . Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army, 4th of December 1985.

Orlando Núñez. (Medical Student) Residence Broken Into and Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army, 23rd of January, 1986.

Alberto Pineda Vanegas. (Electrical engineering student). Residence Broken Into and Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army, 23rd of January, 1986.

Antonio Berbeo. (Medical Student) Residence Broken Into and Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army, 23rd of January, 1986.

Javier Berbeo. (Electrical engineering student). Residence Broken Into and Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army, 23rd of January, 1986.

Janneth Díaz. (Electrical engineering student). Residence Broken Into and Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army, 23rd of January, 1986.

Alberto Pineda Vanegas. (Electrical engineering student). Assassinated, 21st of March, 1986.

Willian Camacho. (Engineering student). Disappeared, 18th of June.

Wilson Contreras. (Mechanical engineering student) Disappeared, 16th of June 1986, Paredes.

Leonardo Amaya.  (Medical Student). Disappeared, 23rd of May 1988.

Carmenza Landazabal Rosas. (Social Work student). Disappeared, 14th of October 1988.

Carlos Alfonso Oviedo. (Chemical Engineering student). Assassinated, 18th of February 1989.

Antonio Berbeo. (Medical Student). Arbitrarily Detained in the cells of the F2, 14th of March 1989.

Omar Suárez. (History Student). Arbitrarily Detained in the cells of the F2, 14th of March 1989.

Martha Cecilia Gutiérrez. (Social Work student). Residence Broken into and Arbitrarily Detained by the Fifth Brigade of the Army,  22nd of August 1989.

Fernando Ruiz. (Medical Student). Threatened, 20th of October, 1989.

Antonio Berbeo. (Medical Student). Threatened, 20th of October, 1989.

Fabio Ortega. (Geology student). Threatened, 20th of October 1989.

Nelson Urrego. (Systems Engineering Student). Threatened, 20th of October 1989.

Hely Ramos. (Geology student). Residence Broken into, 8th of November, 1989.

Víctor Hugo González. (Electrical Engineering student). Assassinated, 13th of March 1990.

Néstor Raúl Guerrero. (Electrical Engineering student). . Assassinated, 13th of March 1990.

Lorena Cecilia Peña Pardo.  (Social Work student). Arbitrarily Detained in the Buen Pastor prison in Bucaramanga, 10th of January 1998.

Jaime Alfonso Acosta Campo. (Mechanical Engineering student). Assassinated, 20th of November 2002.

Carlos German Jaimes Duarte. (Metalic Engineering student). Disappeared, 24th of December 2002 and found Assassinated, 28th of December 2002.

Rossmerlin Estupiñán. (Economics student). Threatened by the AUC, 26th of Febuary 2003.

Mauricio Rivera. (Industrial Engineering Student, and Student Representative to the University High Council). Threatened by the AUC, 26th of February, 2003.

Julián Lozano. (Geology Student and Student Representative to the Academic Council). Threatened by the AUC, 26th of February, 2003.

Príncipe Gabriel González. (Law Student). Threatened by the AUC, 26th of February, 2003.

Luis Felipe Sánchez. (Chemistry Student).  Residence Broken into and Arbitrarily detained in the Modelo prison, Bucaramanga, 29th of May, 2003.

Fabio González Blanco. (Chemical Engineering Student). Disappeared 29th of July 2003.

Jorge Alejandro Aguirre. (History Student). Threatened by the AUC 30th of August 2003.

Isnardo Arenas Navarro. (Systems Engineering Student). Threatened by the AUC 30th of August 2003.

Hugo Andrés Mendoza Baquero. (Systems Engineering Student) Threatened por un paramilitar el 25 de enero de 2004.

UNIVERSITY OF NARIÑO

Adriana Benítez. Assassinated, 14th of January, 2001, Pasto. Violation remains unpunished.

Martín ********. Assassinated, 1st of August, 2001, Pasto. Violation remains unpunished.

Marcos Salazar. Assassinated, 7th of August, 2002, Pasto. Violation remains unpunished

Jairo miguel Moncayo. Assassinated, 16th of September, 2003, Pasto. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF TOLIMA

Norma Patricia Galeano. Assassinated by soldiers from the Colombian Army on the Ibagué University Campus in front of other students, 8th ofSeptember1994. She had been threatened.  Violation remains unpunished.

Camilo Zuluaga. Assassinated, 7th of November 2001, Ibagué. Violation remains unpunished.

UNIVERSITY OF VALLE

César García. Assassinated, 7th of October, 1994, Cali. Violation remains unpunished.

John Eduard Osorio. Injured by police, 26th of November, 2003, Cali. Violation remains unpunished.

Total: 21 Students Assassinated, 1 Injured by Police, 2 Kidnaped and 6 threatened.