The union requests urgent action from the Government after a new violent incident that puts the sugar sector in mourning
Asocaña confirmed the murder of a worker in the rural area of Padilla, Cauca, and requested to reinforce security in the sugarcane areas in the face of the increase in attacks.
A new act of violence hits the sugar sector in northern Cauca. Asocaña confirmed the murder of a worker during harvest work in the rural area of Padilla and asked the Government to reinforce security in the region.
According to the information provided by Asocaña and the sugar mills, The attack occurred on Saturday morningwhen a group of workers were carrying out cane cutting work. Armed men shot one of themwho was transferred to a care center in Puerto Tejada, where he died.
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With this crime, There are already five workers in the sugar sector murdered so far in 2025, three in Cauca and two in Valle del Caucain addition to seven injured in different violent events recorded in this same area of the country.
Called
The guild made a new call to the State to guarantee the security of rural communities. “We reiterate the call to the National Government and the competent authorities to reinforce security measures in this region,” they noted.
Likewise, they expressed solidarity with the victims: “We express our deep solidarity with his familyhis co-workers and with the entire community affected by this unfortunate event.”
Recently, the Andi Joint Industrial Opinion Survey reflects an economic panorama with low dynamism, pressure due to labor costs, increased informality and greater impacts due to insecurity in business operations.
The study showed an increase in the effects of insecurity. 31% of companies claim to be very affected, compared to 6% recorded in previous versions.
Road blockages are the main factor reported (79%). There was also an increase in difficulties to access some areas (55% compared to 48% in April 2025) and in impediments to transporting goods, such as checkpoints and threats (54% compared to 35% in the same period).
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Companies also reported vandalism (20%), robberies (18%), cybercrimes (16%)internal theft (14%), extortion (7%), microtrafficking (3%) and kidnapping (1%).
Insecurity has generated increases in freight (76.7%), insurance (51.7%) and expenses on private security (42.2%). A decrease in sales is also reported (31%) and loss of business with both national (7%) and foreign investors (5.2%).
Source: Integrated Information System
