The ICEM condemns the…assassination of Colombian mineworkers' leader Rafael Tobón Zea on 26 July. Tobón was shot three times and killed by paramilitaries near his home in the city of Segovia...Tobón…was a leader of the metal and mineworkers' union Sintramienegética, where he was a founding member of that union at Frontino Gold Mines Ltd. He worked there for 15 years and was still assisting discharged miners of Frontino after the Medellín-based company liquidated and its underground mines were bought last year by Modoro Resources...and Gran Colombia Gold S.A. He was working in a smaller gold mine...and organising workers there when he was killed...Sintramienegética had reported threats to its leaders that were believed to be tied to the contested takeover of Frontino by Medoro and Gran Colombia, and the sacking of all miners…