in grave danger of repeat to killings of 2001
Complete Text of Patricia Dahl's Message
In April 2001 New York city's sister community of Alto Naya, Colombia, suffered one of the bloodiest massacres in Colombian history.
100 paramilitaries entered the area and killed over 100 people, although the official count is only 40. (Details at http://www.colombiajournal.org/colombia178.htm )
This week, 100 men dressed as military personnel have entered the area unannounced. At least 30 of them covered their faces with masks. They did not give any public notice or reason for their presence to members of the community. They are now detaining people at random, and preventing food and medicine to enter the communities.
This is not the legitimate deportment of a national army. This does not conform to the human rights certifications requirement needed for continued u.s. funding of the Colombian army, nor does it conform to human rights certifications required for the recent congressional approval to fund colombia's paramilitary demobilization.
We urge you to please take time out of your busy days to write letters to the following addresses and to your congressional representatives. (see below) please include in your letters:
Laura Kirkpatrick, Political Division, US EMBASSY IN BOGOTA. kirkpatricklh@state.gov
Demand the respect for human rights promised by your government as it taxes your earnings for "peacekeeping missions."
Please distribute this message. Thank you!!!!!
letter to US officials&Letter to Colombian officials
Please send messages to as many of the following as you can
Email Senator Hilary Clinton at http://clinton.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm
Email Senator Charles Schumer at http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/contact/webform.cfm
Email Representative http://www.house.gov/higgins/IMA/index.shtml
Email Congresswoman Louise Slaughter at http://www.slaughter.house.gov/HoR/Louise/Contact+Louise/Email+Louise.htm
And to the following Colombian authorities to request that the Colombian military be ordered out of the Alto Naya region because of the reasons described above.
PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA
DR. ÁLVARO URIBE VÉLEZ
EMAIL : auribe@presidencia.gov.co
ADDRESS :PALACIO DE NARIÑO
CARRERA 8 N° 7-26 TLF 5629300 FAX 5662071
-VICEPRESIDENCIA DE LA REPUBLICA
DR. FRANCISCO SANTOS
ADDRESS: Carrera 8 A # 7 - 57
FAX : 011 57 1 565 7682
Email : fsantos@presidencia.gov.co
FISCAL GENERAL
MARIO IGUARAN ARANA
EMAIL : contacto@fiscalia.gov.co
Address: Diagonal 22B # 52-01
Bogota
Fax 011 571 570 2000
Chief of Staff for the III Brigade of the Colombian Army in Cali
Colonel JAIME ALBERTO BONILLA-TORRES
ojemdiv03b@ejercito.mil.co
Tel/Fax 011 57 2 330 3186