At the beginning of February 2004, human rights defender María Lucero Henao and her son, 16 year old Yamid Daniel were reportedly killed outside their home in Meta Department, south of Bogotá, in Colombia. The same week it was reported that Human Rights Defender José Mendivil Cárdenas was killed as he travelled in his car in Barranquilla, Atlantic Department, in the north of Colombia.
According to reports, Ms. Lucero Henao and her son were taken from their home and shot dead by armed men at 10.30pm on the night of February 6th. María Lucero Henao had been a victim of threats on two occasions and an attempted murder in the last three years. She and her family were one of ten families who remained on farmland in Puerta Esperanza after a paramilitary invasion in August 2001. She had been president of the Junta de Acción Comunal and a defender of the land rights of the inhabitants of Puerta Esperanza. 
