Evaristo Dagua Troches, a 64 year old peasant farmer, was assassinated in northern Cauca on 29 July. He was a one of the founding members of the Association of Peasant Farmers of the Peasant Farmer Reserve Zone in Corinto and a member of the local indigenous community. He was on his way to work when two hooded men, who were waiting for him, shot him 6 times. Evaristo was also a member of the agricultural workers' union FENSUAGRO and the social and political organisation Patriotic March. Corinto, in the north of Cauca department, has been heavily affected by a rise in violence and human rights abuses in recent months. Many trade unionists and social activists have received threats via pamphlets sent by paramilitary groups and 10 indigenous people have been killed in the area so far in 2016.