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Fri, 6 Aug 2004 SUPER URGENT ACTION Colombian Army executes three leaders in Arauca
(Colombia) FACTS: Humanidad Vigente Corporación Jurídica denounces and energetically condemns the extrajudicial execution of HÉCTOR ALIRIO MARTÍNEZ, LEONEL GOYENECHE and JORGE PRIETO at the hands of the Colombian Army. These three historic leaders were under the protective measures scheme of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission. Alirio Martínez was president of the National Peasants Association ADUC- Asociación Nacional de Usuarios Campesinos, Leonel Goyeneche was a member of the Executive Committee of United Confederation of Colombian Workers -CUT Arauca and Jorge Prieto belonged to the Executive Committee of the National Association of Hospital Workers -ANTHOC and the CUT. The three leaders were assassinated in an operation carried out this morning by the Revéis Pizarro Battalion of the Colombian Army in the hamlet of Caño Seco, in Saravena municipality. SAMUEL MORALES, Presidente of the CUT in Arauca, and RAQUEL CASTRO, a member Arauca Teachers Association –ASEDAR were both detained in the same operation. These leaders have been spokesmen for the araucana community in the numerous mobilisations, marches, civil stoppages that have taken place in the face of military and paramilitary action against the population that has cost so many lives. At the same time they have led the continual and effective protests against the violation of human rights that took place in the bombing of the village of Santo Domingo in 1998. The initial versions by the Reveiz Pizarro Mechanised Group reported that the operation had "put down" three people and captured three others. Later, a few hours afterwards, the National Army claimed that the three leaders had attacked a military unit that was trying to rescue a kidnap victim and so they gave a military response, and the military claimed to have seized arms and munitions. They also signaled that they had started an investigation of the murder. We are enormously concerned by this account as well as the competency of the militray judicial jurisdiction to carry out the investigation, given that there are already multiple cases in Colombia and especially in Arauca, in which the military authorities manipulate the evidence to hide their responsibility and put blame on the victims. WE ASK: Because of the above, we ask that you send messages immediately to the people listed below demanding that the Colombian Government urgently forms a Verification Commission composed of government officials and Human Rights NGOs that goe sto Arauca on 6 August to verify the facts and avoid tampering with evidence, and to guarantee an effective investigation. - Programa Presidencial de Derechos Humanos y de
DIH - Ministerio de Defensa Nacional - Procuraduría General de la Nación - Fiscalía General de la Nación -Defensoría del Pueblo - Presidencia de la República Bogotá. UN Human Rights in Colombia Bucaramanga COLOMBIA SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN ADDS: Please also demand the immediate release of Samuel Morales and Raquel Castro. In your message please express concern for their safety and that they are not being tortured.
Colombian Embassy (UK): mail@colombianembassy.co.uk With a copy to the Colombia Solidarity Campaign at colombia_sc@hotmail.com El Ejército ejecuta extrajudicialmente a tres líderes históricos en Arauca (Colombia) HECHOS: En el mismo operativo, han sido detenidos los también líderes Samuel Morales, Presidente de la CUT, y Raquel Castro, miembro de la Asociación de Educadores de Arauca-ASEDAR. Estos líderes han sido voceros de las comunidades araucanas en las numerosas movilizaciones, marchas, paros cívicos a los que se han visto avocadas ante el abandono estatal y el accionar militar y paramilitar contra los pobladores araucanos y que ha cobrado numerosas vidas. Así mismo han asumido decididamente la denuncia permanente y efectiva de graves violaciones a derechos humanos como el bombardeo contra Santo Domingo, Arauca, en 1998. Las versiones iniciales del Grupo Mecanizado Reveiz Pizarro daban cuenta del operativo, de haber "dado de baja" a tres personas y de la captura de las otras dos. Posteriormente, pocas horas después, el Ejército Nacional asegura que los tres líderes atacaron una unidad militar que intentaba rescatar un secuestrado y a ello obedeció la respuesta militar, asi mismo aseguran haber incautado armas y municiones. Asi mismo señalan que han asumido la investigación del crimen. Nos preocupa enormemente esta versión así como competencia de la jurisdicción penal militar para adelantar la investigación, puesto son ya multiples los casos en Colombia y especialmente en Arauca, en los que autoridades militares manipulan las pruebas para ocultar su responsabilidad e inculpar a las víctimas. SOLICITUDES: - Programa Presidencial de Derechos Humanos y de DIH - Ministerio de Defensa Nacional - Procuraduría General de la Nación - Fiscalía General de la Nación -Defensoría del Pueblo - Presidencia de la República Bogotá. UN Human Rights in Colombia |
