 While most of the university community is against the actions of the radical movements , this has not prevented the stigmatization of the student body by the general population . This attitude has led to the belief that the guerrilla and subversive groups that operate in Colombia have clandestine operatives inside the university , a belief that has been supported by the discovery of unconventional weaponry inside the university grounds . This has resulted in the targeting of student activists by criminal and paramilitary groups . On October 4 , 2006 , a student of Technology of <unk> Attention and representative at the Academic Council , Julian Andrés Hurtado , was killed by hitmen . In his honor , the Government of Valle del Cauca and the Institute for the Development of Valle del Cauca ( Spanish : Instituto <unk> para el Desarrollo del Valle del Cauca , <unk> ) established a scholarship program that bears his name . Another situation that reflects the stigmatization of the student body is the unfounded arrests of students during the disturbances , such as those that occurred on April 3 , 2008 , when four students were captured without substantial evidence , and eventually released when it was demonstrated that they were not even near the confrontation site at the time of the disturbances . 
