And the loss is especially damaging to Colombia's struggling democracy when it involves those who have dared speakoutagainst violence and intimidation.
But the Labour MP said she still felt she had to speakoutagainst the cull, because she believes the government is using questionable science to justify it.
Often they are targeted by people they know and think are their friends, making it especially hard to investigate as people don't want to speakoutagainst their friends.
Of course, the U.S. says it is against terrorism, and has called on the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to speakout more against terrorism and to do more to prevent any terrorist acts.