David Gómez, vice president of the union indicated that it is a fact that mourns the union organization. “Sibaris worked as administrative secretary of USO Barrancabermeja, who was also a contractor and leader of the vigilantes.”
“Because of this fact, we ask Ecopetrol and the authorities to carry out the respective investigations, because it is a hired assassin (…) We do not know if Sibaris had any kind of threat against him, fact that we will find out, because He hadn’t told us anything.” he added.
Edwin Palma, who until a few months ago was a leader of the USO and is currently Deputy Minister of Labor Relations, he said on his Twitter account “a USO union leader has just been murdered, “my colleague Sibares Lamprea, fact that we lament, repudiate and condemn”.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Santander, Mauricio Aguilar, stated that a operation in conjunction with the Police, for locate those responsible of the crime.