Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : via LISN Subject: Urgent Action! Leaders Delivered to Paramilitaries Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:10:45 -0600 (CST) From: Colombian Labor Monitor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: News from CLM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This urgent action has been signed by the following Colombian NGO's: Asociación MINGA, Corporación CLEBER, Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos, SEMBRAR, Colectivo de Abogados, CODHES, Mesa de Trabajo del Magdalena Medio, ASFADDES, Departamento de Derechos Humanos de Fenasintrap, Sintraminercol, Benposta Nación de Muchachos, Hermana Nohemí Palencia, Justicia y Paz, CINEP, Organización Femenina Popular, Asociación Campesina del Valle del Rio Cimitarra, Unión Sindical Obrera, Corporación REDES, CREDHOS, REINICIAR, Comisión de JUSTICIA Y PAZ, FAMILIA FRANCISCANA, CEBS, COORDINADOR NACIONAL AGRARIO URGENT ACTION COLOMBIAN ARMY DELIVERS COMMUNITY LEADERS TO PARAMILITARIES On November 28, 1999, Batallion No.45, Heroes de Majagual took in to custody near San Pablo in the Magdalena Medio region two community leaders EDGAR QUIROGA, member of the Middle Magdalena Permanent Regional Board for Peace and GILDARDO FUENTES. The military troops then delivered the two to paramilitaries bearing clothing identifying them as members of Carlos Castano's AUC (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia). Their current whereabouts are unknown. Gildardo Fuentes had also been attacked and injured by paramilitariy forces in early October with apparent impunity for his attackers. Please write to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Secretary of Defense William Cohen, and U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Curtis Kamman to express outrage at this example of close cooperation between the Colombian military and the paramilitaries and to urge that the Clinton Administration retire any plans to assist the Colombia military and actively oppose the Alianza Act of 1999, introduced by Republican Senators a few weeks ago. Also suggest pulling the visa of Brigadier General Martin Orlando Carreno-Sandoval and his family and of Colonel Jesus Maria Clavijo and his family, the Commander of Batallion No. 45. Pressure the Colombian government to investigate their actions of such General and Colonel as Commanders and remove them from office if they are shown to have cooperated or promoted this collaboration with the paramilitaries. We urge you to write to your Representatives and Senators in Congress to encourage them to oppose further U.S. military aid to the Colombian military, which has once again shown its total disdain for human rights and the security and well being of Colombian citizens. Please send copies of your letters, faxes, or emails to the Colombian Support Network. MADELEINE ALBRIGHT Secretary of State 2201 C St., NW Washington, D.C. 20520 fax: (202) 647-1533 WILLIAM COHEN Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense, The Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20301-1000 fax: (202) 697-9080 CURTIS KAMMAN U.S. Ambassador to Colombia fax: 011-57-1-315-2038 YOUR RESPECTIVE CONGRESSPEOPLE Wisconsin: SENATOR HERB KOHL Hart Building SH-330 2nd and C Sts., NE Washington, DC 20510 fax: (202) 224-9787 SENATOR RUSS FEINGOLD Hart Building SH-716 2nd and C Sts., NE Washington, DC 20510 fax: (202) 224-2725 ANDRES PASTRANA ARANGO Presidente de la Republica Carrera 8 n. 7-26 Palacio de Nariño, Santa Fe de Bogota. Teléfono. 011 5629300 ext. 3550 (571) 284 33 00 Fax 011(571) 286 74 34 - 286 68 42 -284 21 86 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NESTOR HUMBERTO MARTINEZ Ministro del interior Ministerio de Gobierno Carrera 8 n. 8-09 Santa Fé de Bogota, Palacio de Nariño. Tel-fax 011(571) 2868025, 3343960 ext. 0630 LUIS FERNANDO RAMIREZ Ministro de la Defensa Ministerio de Defensa Nacional Avenida El Dorado con carrera 52 CAN Santa Fe de Bogota Tel-fax 011 (571) 222 18 74 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JAIME BERNAL CUELLAR Procurador General de la Nacion Procuraduria General de la Nacion Carrera 5 n. 15-80 Santa Fé de Bogota. Tel-fax: 011 (571) 342 97 23, 2817531 MARTIN ORLANDO CARRENO-SANDOVAL Brigadier General of the 45th Brigade fax: 011 57 76 455 051 Colombia Support Network P.O. Box 1505 Madison, WI 53701 (608) 257-8753 fax (608) 255-6621 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.igc.apc.org/csn/ ________________________________________________________________ **************************************************************** * CLM-NEWS is brought to you by the COLOMBIAN LABOR MONITOR at * * http://www.prairienet.org/clm * * Email CLM at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or * * Dennis Grammenos at [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ***************************************************************** ====== Leonard Peltier Freedom Month: Snap Shot Updates of Events in Washington, D.C. Opening | Victims of FBI Abuses | Women for Justice | Closing Photos & Audio Clips http://www.lisn.net ====== League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations of the Western Hemisphere mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] LISN Web Site: http://www.lisn.net
