Pedro Zamora Álvarez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zamora and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Pedro Zamora Álvarez
Born	1964 Guatemala
Died	January 15, 2007 (aged 42–43) Guatemala
Occupation	Trade unionist

Pedro Zamora Álvarez (1964 – 15 January 2007) was a Guatemalan trade unionist.

At the time of his death, he was the general secretary of the Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Portuaria Quetzal (the Puerto Quetzal Dockers' Union, or STEPQ, an affiliate of the International Transport Workers' Federation).

He was gunned down in the vicinity of Puerto Quetzal on 15 January 2007, in an attack in which his pick-up truck was riddled with 100 bullets and one of his children was also injured; he and other leaders of the union had received frequent anonymous death threats in the preceding months.

External links

• Campaign: ¡No a la impunidad! Justice for Pedro Zamora (International Transport Workers' Federation)
• Investigate the Murder of Pedro Zamora (Democracy in Action)
• Guatemala: Fear for safety/death threats (Amnesty International)
• Not In Vain - The Death Of Pedro Zamora on YouTube