According to Carlos Guevara, who coordinates the organization Somos Defensores (we are defenders, in Spanish), the social leaders are often killed in their own homes, in front of their families, and usually have no support from authorities when they seek justice:
Kulingana na Carlos Guevara, ambaye anaongoza taasisi ya Somos Defensores (sisi ni walinzi),  mara nyingi viongozi wa kijamii huuawa wakiwa majumbani mwao, mbele ya familia zao na mara zote hukosa msaada kutoka kwa mamlaka wanapotafuta haki: