“Al parecer me van a pelar”; these were the words that greeted me as I opened the notification on my phone from a friend in Colombia. This was not the first time that David (pseudonym used) has shared the risks he has faced, but this was on a different level, more urgent and immediate than ever before. He found out yesterday that he was still perceived as a threat to an armed group in the area and that they were going to kill him. Any number of possible motivations for this threat to his life might have just popped into your mind now. Perhaps your first thought is that David is tied up in the drugs trade or criminal activity in the area; or perhaps he is a member of a rival group.