6PM ALEXANDER LOPEZ
Former president of SINTRAEMCALI, leader of the successful 36 day occupation to stop privatisation, and Member of Congress elect for the Cauca Valley province (Social and Political Front).

8PM LIVE MUSIC FROM "LA PAILA", DJs
COLOMBIAN FOOD AND DRINK

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THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD IN THE WAKE OF YET ANOTHER ASSASINATION ATTEMPT UPON SINTRAEMCALI. PLEASE ATTEND THE EVENT & FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN HELP BUILD THIS GROWING UNION MOVEMENT.

NEW ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST A SINTRAEMCALI LEADER
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SINTRAEMCALI, The Association for Research and Social Action Nomadesc and the other organisations that belong to the National and International Human Rights Campaign Against Corruption, Privatisation and the Criminalisation of Social Protest DENOUNCE and CONDEMN the assassination attempt against the trade union leader LUIS ENRIQUE
IMBACHI acting president of SINTRAEMCALI perpetrated yesterday 16th June, 2002, in the city of Santiago de Cali.

The Events:

1. Yesterday, Sunday 16th June, at around 9.30pm, the acting president of SINTRAEMCALI, LUIS ENRIQUE IMBACHI was leaving the neighbourhood Barrio San Luis to go to Barrio Cali Mio in his security vehicle assigned by the Ministry of Interior Protection Programme, in the company of his bodyguard IBANEY GONZALEZ, when in the Avenue Cuidad de
Cali three individuals in two high velocity motorbikes, one green KMX,and the other a Burgundy RX 115 and a taxi began to follow them. Duringng this time they passed by the car attempting to look inside.

2. The two motorbikes approached the on car on either side. About one kilometre further on one of the passengers on the motorbike on the right hand side of the car pulled out a gun and aimed it exactly where the union leader was sitting. LUIS IMBACHI ordered the bodyguard to drive into the motorbike, and the driver of the bike upon realising that the car was about to hit them sped away.