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From: "David B. Briones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: October 2, 2007 3:02:37 PM PDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [narconews] Feder: Peasant-Farmer Activists Imprisoned in
Colombia
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
October 2, 2007
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Dear Colleagues,
Editor Dan Feder reports in The Narco News Bulletin on a new wave
of repression from the Colombian government against the social
movements from below fighting for justice in that country. On
Saturday night, secret police and soldiers raided the offices of
the powerful Peasant-Farmer Association of the Cimitarra River
Valley and imprisoned three of its leaders.
Feder reports:
"The Colombian state's intimidation machine was in full effect for
this huge 'security' operation. The Administrative Security
Department (DAS, Colombia's equivalent to the FBI ...) carried out
the raid and arrests. According to a communiqué last night from the
ACVC, around 50 soldiers accompanied the DAS agents for their raid
on the 10-person, downtown office. Facing objections when they
arrived to arrest the three leaders in El Cagüí, 'the agents fired
into the air.'
"...Left-wing rural leaders in Colombia are frequently targeted for
arrest under charges of either terrorism or rebellion. The charges
rarely stick, but when such an arrest comes with an 'order of
capture' warrant signed by the country's justice department, it can
often lead to years in jail while the case makes its way through
the legal system and is resolved."
Feder's report can be read in full online at Narco News:
http://www.narconews.com
Also new at Narco News, Bill Conroy reports on the continuing
slaughter of Colombia's labor leaders, Brenda Norrell writes of
indigenous struggles against the destruction wrought by mining
companies from Guatemala to Peru, and the latest stories by Al
Giordano on the campaign trail North of the Border.
http://www.narconews.com
From somewhere in a country called América,
David B. Briones
Webmaster
The Narco News Bulletin
http://www.narconews.com
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