Corinto, Cauca
Centro de Minas Gerais
Municipality and town
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Official seal of Corinto, Cauca
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Location of the municipality and town of Corinto, Cauca in the Cauca Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Corinto, Cauca in the Cauca Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentCauca Department
Population
 (2020 est.[1])
 • Total33,846
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
ClimateAm

Corinto is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia.

Yordan Guetio of Corinto, a social activist, was murdered on February 2, 2021. He was the twentieth such human rights activist murdered, along with five massacres and one signer of a peace agreement who is missing as of this date in 2021.[2]

A car bomb exploded on March 27, 2021, injuring eleven.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Asesinaron a otro líder social, esta vez fue en Corinto, Cauca". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  3. ↑ "At least 16 injured in Colombia car bomb blast". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. March 27, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.

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