People hold posters with photographs of murdered Colombian social leaders, during a protest against the killing of social activists, in Bogota, Colombia July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
SANTANDER DE QUILICHAO, Colombia (Reuters) - Indigenous leader Edwin Mauricio Capaz pulls on a bulletproof vest every day before getting into the armoured car he uses to travel around the restive part of southwest Colombia he calls home.
Despite this protection, the 34-year-old worries he could soon join hundreds of human rights activists and community leaders assassinated since a 2016 peace deal, many of them for confronting drug trafficking or illegal mining.
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