reached her thursday night, last night, friend ofdra a cristina bautista. was in ecuador when we reached her. she describes the last time she hearard fromom cristina bautista earlier this week. >> i i met her a l listwo years ago. i i identified witith her a a lt because she was a humble womana. she was a very committed woman, but she alalso addddssed t the contradictions. we talked d about the differtt contradictions that were seen in our movement and the need to open spaces for dialogue and get on the right path again, she would say. we had a fluid communication via whatsapp. this monday she admitted to a whatsapp group with a proximally 70 people from the north of cauca. and that whatsapp group, we circulate the information of what happens in the cauca territory. that monday at 10:30 at night, she sent a message thing "alert. we are at the light post in a van with men shooting drove by. also nobody in the whatsapp group reacted or asked. then i sent a message to cristina and asked what was happening and if she could record an audio and at least make an a

among those murdered was cristina bautista, the chief of the area. president ivan duque vowed to deploy 2500 military troops to the region. he blamed dissidents of the farc guerrilla rebel group who opposed the country's peace accords, but police still haven't made any arrests and no suspects have been named in the massacre. since the signing of the peace accords in 2016, at least 700 social leaders have been murdered in colombia according to the institute for development and peace studies, with afro-colombian and indigenous activists at the forefront of the violent targeting. earlier this month, democracy ,ow! spoke with your partner and indigenous leader. this in a skypepe interview abot that massacre and wewe asked her what her message was to the american audience about the ongoing violence in colombia. the u.s. govevernment has for decades funded the war on drugs in colombia and currently backs the government of right-wing president ivan duque. this was her response. >> as a woman, i would ask the pepeople, the prorocesses, and e movement to unde