Coca-Cola may lose its license to extract water for its plant in central Colombia amid piling accusations of irregularities. The multinational corporation has been pumping water without a license since December 2024, according to Pizarro. CAR ReportDuring a drought last year, farmers from La Calera accused the Coca-Cola plant of using up all the available water in the region. According to workers and the Colombian food and drink union Sinaltrainal plant managers explicitly threatened to use paramilitary force against workers in the Carepa plant in northern Colombia. The assassination of a prominent union leader, Isidro Segundo Gil, inside a Coca-Cola plant, marked a turning point and led to the mass resignation of union members.