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Community leader Baldoino Asprilla shows a death threat that was sent to him, during an interview in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Last year 120 community leaders were murdered in Colombia according to the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, up from 107 a year earlier. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Community leader Baldoino Asprilla shows a death threat that was sent to him, during an interview in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Last year 120 community leaders were murdered in Colombia according to the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, up from 107 a year earlier. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Community leader Luz Nelly Santana shows one of the many death threats she has received in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The Afro-Colombian community leader sometimes uses a hat or a turban to disguise herself and always wears a bulletproof vest. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Community leader Luz Nelly Santana shows one of the many death threats she has received in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The Afro-Colombian community leader sometimes uses a hat or a turban to disguise herself and always wears a bulletproof vest. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Followed by her government-assigned bodyguard, community leader Luz Nelly Santana, right, attends a meeting with other leaders who like her have received death threats in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Santana, who runs an organization that helps community leaders fleeing violence to settle in Bogota, is one of the thousands of activists assigned some sort of government protection. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Followed by her government-assigned bodyguard, community leader Luz Nelly Santana, right, attends a meeting with other leaders who like her have received death threats in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Santana, who runs an organization that helps community leaders fleeing violence to settle in Bogota, is one of the thousands of activists assigned some sort of government protection. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Escorted by a government-assigned bodyguard, community leader Luz Nelly Santana, arrives for a meeting with other leaders who like her have had their lives threatened by illegal armed groups in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Santana survived a 1994 massacre where 35 people died when guerrillas attacked a street party organized by another leftist faction that was trying to abandon arms and embrace above-ground politics. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Escorted by a government-assigned bodyguard, community leader Luz Nelly Santana, arrives for a meeting with other leaders who like her have had their lives threatened by illegal armed groups in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Santana survived a 1994 massacre where 35 people died when guerrillas attacked a street party organized by another leftist faction that was trying to abandon arms and embrace above-ground politics. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Community leader Luz Nelly Santana, whose life has been threatened by illegal armed groups, talks during an interview in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Santana and her daughter survived a massacre where 35 people were killed during a street party and decided to flee to the capital where she has lived ever since. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Community leader Luz Nelly Santana, whose life has been threatened by illegal armed groups, talks during an interview in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Santana and her daughter survived a massacre where 35 people were killed during a street party and decided to flee to the capital where she has lived ever since. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Community leader Luz Nelly Santana, right, meets with other leaders who like her have received death threats in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. “I get death threats on the phone every month," Santana said, "and once a man entered my office and said he was going to kill me.” (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Community leader Luz Nelly Santana, right, meets with other leaders who like her have received death threats in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. “I get death threats on the phone every month," Santana said, "and once a man entered my office and said he was going to kill me.” (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)