Further to Urgent Action dated 1st August 2002 on the kidnapping of oil
worker and USO member GONZALO RAMÍREZ TRIANA:

a) Further Development
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At 10pm on 31st July, in Sabana de Torres USO comrade ALONSO PAMPLONA
was shot at by a group of heavily armed men. He received 5 bullets, and
was left abandoned at Km 15 on the highway where he was found by a
police patrol, and later taken to the Ardila Lulle Clinic. He was
operated on and fortunately the comrade is now out of danger, medically
at least.

b) Recommended Action
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Please write e-mails for GONZALO if you have not already done so.

The correct e-mail address for the Colombian Embassy in London is
 mail@colombianembassy.co.uk

c) Picket
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5pm-7pm Wednesday 7th August
Colombian Embassy, 3 Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge (back of Harrods),
London SW1

called by Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Colombian Refugee Association
and LASO Collective and US intervention in Colombia
on the day that Uribe Velez is installed as Colombia's new President.