The Horror Continues in Colombia Against the Unarmed Civilian Population

2.01.06

by Regional Foundation Group of Human Rights “Joel Sierra”
Translated by Maximillian Shen of Colombia Support Network (CSN)
Saravena, state of Arauca, Colombia, 15 December 2005

The Regional Foundation Group of Human Rights “Joel Sierra”,
denounces, repudiates and rejects the following events to the
organizations of justice and control of Colombia, the media, and both
governmental and non governmental organizations.

1. On 14 December 2005 at approximately 4:30 p.m. a teacher named
Angel Manuel Perez Tobar was murdered in the town of El Oasis, in the
Arauquita municipality. He worked as a teacher at the school in the
town of Santa Ana.

2. On the evening of December 10 a cattle seller named Gonzalo Ochoa
Castro was shot to death while helping out at an alcoholics anonymous
meeting in downtown Saravena.

3. On December 9 a nurse named Derly Cecilia Goyeeche Garcia was
murdered in the municipality of Tame. The murder of Mrs. Garcia and
the injuries caused to 10 civilians were blamed on armed opposition
groups. With this attack the Medical Mission once again became victims
in the armed conflict.

4. On December 8 at approximately 4 p.m. Pablo Elias Estrada was
murdered at his home in Arauquita after being shot twice.

5. In the morning hours of December 1 in the Fortul municipality, a
woman named Maria Magdalena Florez was shot to death.

6. On November 30 Mr. Adolfo Socha Monzalbe was shot to death in the
town of Salivon, which is also in Fortul.

Select killings continue to happen in Saravena, which is one of the
most militarized areas in Colombia. Since the beginning of this
current government the area has been called an experiment in
“Democratic Security” and has been depicted as a supposedly recovered
area from the guerrillas.

We ask, how many murders must there be before a humanitarian and
social crisis is declared and steps are taken to help the situation?

We demand that the Colombian Government investigate and punish those
responsible for these crimes.

Our social actions are legitimate and legal.
In defense of life, human rights, and our lands.
The Regional Foundation Group of Human Rights “Joel Sierra”
(La Fundación Comité Regional de Derechos Humanos “Joel Sierra”)

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