Persecution
During most of its history the PCC has been the subject of repression and persecution both by private individuals, active and retired government agents and others. For the last three decades the PCC has been targeted by paramilitary forces as documented by Colombian and international organizations and press reports.
A recent example is the assassination of a leading PCC figure, Arturo Díaz García, on December 21, 2005 in the corregimiento of Toche in the municipality of Ibague, Tolima. .
During the last ten years, about 6000 people, members of PCC and other left-wingers, have been murdered.
Leftwing sources accuse the government of attempting to exterminate the PCC, but this has not been proven.. Despite this, human rights organizations and PCC members argue that some Generals and their subordinates in the Colombian National Army have contributed either indirectly or directly to many of the violent actions of drug lords, paramilitaries and death squads against the PCC. Occasionally these individuals have been brought to justice, but the majority of the crimes remain unsolved..
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