Colombian Paramilitary Threaten Massacres on the Pacific Coast
Bob Everton | 18.02.2002 21:44
Colombian Paramilitary from the AUC are threatening to attack the Afro communities along the Pacific coast. They are recruiting a force of 1,500 troops for what will likely be a bloodbath.
February 16
OFFENSIVE OF THE PARAMILITARY MOVEMENT ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF COLOMBIA
Black Communities of the Yurumanguí y Lower Naya Rivers Threatened by Massacres
On the 12 of February it was confirmed that 400 paramilitary troops from AUC advanced into the region of the municipality Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, where they announced that they will enter Naya and Yurumanguí rivers "with blood and fire to exterminate the guerrilla".
Since that date the following has occurred:
* It is known that there will be an imminent incursion into the Yurumangui and Naya Rivers by some 1,000 men from the AUC. They continue to contract more paramilitary troops in the urban belt of Buenaventura, in order to raise the number of their troops to 1,500 men.
* Likewise, it is known that the paramilitary are using a boat which they have used before (in Samurai or Samuray) that is well identified with them. In spite of their changing of colour and identification marks on the boat, it has been identified by the local townspeople.
* The entry into the Yurumanguí and Naya Rivers is scheduled to occur on Monday, February 18, 2002.
* The mission they announced for themselves was to "wipe out the guerrilla and to clean out the zone of sympathizers".
From what we know, the attack is likely to be by land, hiking over the low hills, crossing the neighbouring rivers and by water, through the inlets in the coastal zone.
IT IS URGENT TO CREATE THE NECESSARY MATERIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE SECURE EVACUATION OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION.
PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO:
[In Canadá] Fanny Kertzman Yankelevitch
Colombian Ambassador
360 Albert Street, Suite 1002
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7
Fax: (613) 230-4416
Email:
embajador@embajadacolombia.ca
[In the USA] Luis Alberto Moreno
Colombian Ambassador,
2118 Leroy Place, NW,
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 387 8338
Fax: (202) 232 8643
as@colombiaemb.org
[In the United Kingdom] Mr VICTOR RICARDO,
Ambassador,
Embassy of the Republic of Colombia
Flat 3A, 3 Hans Crescent, London SW1X 0LN, UK
Tel: (020) 7589 9177. Fax: (020) 7581 1829.
E-mail: mail@colombianembassy.co.uk
IN COLOMBIA:
ANDRÉS PASTRANA ARANGO
Presidente de la República,
Carrera 8 n. 7-26 Palacio de Nariño,
Santa Fe de Bogotá
Teléfono. +57.1.5629300 ext. 3550 (571 ) 284 33 00
Fax (571 ) 286 74 34 - 286, 68 42 -284 21 86
Mailto: pastrana@presidencia.gov.co or rdh@presidencia.gov.co
Sr. Eduardo Cifuentes Munoz
Peoples' Defense, (Defensoria del Pueblo)
Calle 55, No. 10-32/46 office 301
Telegram: National Advocate, Bogota, Colombia
Fax: 011 57 1 640 0491
WITH COPIES TO:
Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)
pcnkolombia@hotmail.com
Canada Colombia Solidarity Campaign (CCSC)
mingacolombia@yahoo.ca
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Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign
122 St.Patrick Street, Suite 20-113
Toronto Ontario Canada M5T 2X8
Tel: Toronto(416) 533-8305
Ottawa (613) 747-9930
Fax: (416) 533-6871
Email: mingacolombia@yahoo.ca
Web:
http://tao.ca/~ccsc
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OFFENSIVE OF THE PARAMILITARY MOVEMENT ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF COLOMBIA
Black Communities of the Yurumanguí y Lower Naya Rivers Threatened by Massacres
On the 12 of February it was confirmed that 400 paramilitary troops from AUC advanced into the region of the municipality Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, where they announced that they will enter Naya and Yurumanguí rivers "with blood and fire to exterminate the guerrilla".
Since that date the following has occurred:
* It is known that there will be an imminent incursion into the Yurumangui and Naya Rivers by some 1,000 men from the AUC. They continue to contract more paramilitary troops in the urban belt of Buenaventura, in order to raise the number of their troops to 1,500 men.
* Likewise, it is known that the paramilitary are using a boat which they have used before (in Samurai or Samuray) that is well identified with them. In spite of their changing of colour and identification marks on the boat, it has been identified by the local townspeople.
* The entry into the Yurumanguí and Naya Rivers is scheduled to occur on Monday, February 18, 2002.
* The mission they announced for themselves was to "wipe out the guerrilla and to clean out the zone of sympathizers".
From what we know, the attack is likely to be by land, hiking over the low hills, crossing the neighbouring rivers and by water, through the inlets in the coastal zone.
IT IS URGENT TO CREATE THE NECESSARY MATERIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE SECURE EVACUATION OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION.
PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO:
[In Canadá] Fanny Kertzman Yankelevitch
Colombian Ambassador
360 Albert Street, Suite 1002
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7
Fax: (613) 230-4416
Email:
embajador@embajadacolombia.ca [In the USA] Luis Alberto Moreno
Colombian Ambassador,
2118 Leroy Place, NW,
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 387 8338
Fax: (202) 232 8643
as@colombiaemb.org [In the United Kingdom] Mr VICTOR RICARDO,
Ambassador,
Embassy of the Republic of Colombia
Flat 3A, 3 Hans Crescent, London SW1X 0LN, UK
Tel: (020) 7589 9177. Fax: (020) 7581 1829.
E-mail:
mail@colombianembassy.co.uk IN COLOMBIA:
ANDRÉS PASTRANA ARANGO
Presidente de la República,
Carrera 8 n. 7-26 Palacio de Nariño,
Santa Fe de Bogotá
Teléfono. +57.1.5629300 ext. 3550 (571 ) 284 33 00
Fax (571 ) 286 74 34 - 286, 68 42 -284 21 86
Mailto:
pastrana@presidencia.gov.co or rdh@presidencia.gov.co Sr. Eduardo Cifuentes Munoz
Peoples' Defense, (Defensoria del Pueblo)
Calle 55, No. 10-32/46 office 301
Telegram: National Advocate, Bogota, Colombia
Fax: 011 57 1 640 0491
WITH COPIES TO:
Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)
pcnkolombia@hotmail.com Canada Colombia Solidarity Campaign (CCSC)
mingacolombia@yahoo.ca ************************************************
Canada-Colombia Solidarity Campaign
122 St.Patrick Street, Suite 20-113
Toronto Ontario Canada M5T 2X8
Tel: Toronto(416) 533-8305
Ottawa (613) 747-9930
Fax: (416) 533-6871
Email:
mingacolombia@yahoo.ca Web:
http://tao.ca/~ccsc ************************************************
Bob Everton
e-mail:
mingacolombia@yahoo.ca