“Ingrid Vergara Chavéz HRD, Spokesperson Movimiento de Victimas de Crimenes de Estado – MOVICE”

…Ingrid Vergara Chavéz is a human rights defender and spokesperson for the Sucre branch of Movimiento de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado – MOVICE (Movement of Victims of State Crimes). MOVICE is a country-wide human rights movement that demands justice and an end to impunity for crimes committed by the Colombian state, often in collusion with paramilitaries…Ingrid Vergara Chavéz has focused much of her work on the issue of land rights in the department of Sucre, in particular advocating for the return of lands to displaced communities. This is a stance that goes against the economic interests of the State and the paramilitaries, who often seek to displace families and grant lands to large-scale development projects…