Groups and Major of Ibagué receive threats by means of pamphlets allegedly by the paramilitary group, called "Las Águilas Negras", against human rights organizations el Comité Ambiental del Tolima, contra el Congreso de los Pueblos, Marcha Patriótica, el Consejo Regional Indígena del Tolima CRIT, Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia ONIC, la Cumbre Agraria, Campesina, Étnica y Popular, and the mayor of Ibague, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo. They are opposed to open-pit mining, primarily by AngloGold Ashanti.