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The
Organization Wayúu Munusurat is a group that has been working
for the defence of the human rights of displaced peoples and the
victims of paramilitary groups operating in La Guajira, Colombia with
the accompaniment of national and international organizations.
With this
communiqué we want to update everyone of the grave situation
that members of our organization are facing including death threats,
hostilities, persecution and pressure on behalf of the Northern Bloc
of the Autodefence group (paramilitaries) of the Counter Wayúu
Insurgency who have not demobilized and continue to operating within
our territories.
Riohacha,
La Guajira
March 18th, 2008
FACTS
1.
On January 20th, 2008, the vehicle in which Debora Barros Fince was
travelling in was detained by the National Police who claimed that
there were problems with the vehicles documentation. But the
documentation of the incident is filled with inaccuracies including a
different license plate number then that of the vehicle.
2.
March 3rd,
the Organization Wayúu Munusrat started the organizing for the
March for Victims of State and Paramilitary Violence in Colombia on
March 6th.
Since then members of the organization start receiving hostile
threats and insults on their cellular phones warnings to back off
from organizing for the march or face serious consequences. Also
members were accused of being guerrillas in efforts to turn them into
military targets.
3.
The day of the march in the Park Padilla, a suspicious man approached
a victim and asked insistently who the organizers of the event were.
The police were immediately informed of the man's actions but were
unable to identify him before he disappeared.
4.
March 7th,
at 3pm when leaving her home to a meeting with the Defensoria
del Pueblo (government's public defence entity), Debora and her
bodyguard noted a suspicious vehicle with four men who had appeared
to be from the interior, non coastal region of the country (ie-
cachacos).
These threats stem from the
paramilitaries victims confronting their fear and for the first time
the Organization Wayúu Munusrat taking
initiative to participate in the march and after the event in the
Plaza of Admiral Padilla a symbolic act was performed as a
historical moment on behalf's of La Guajira´s victims of the
paramilitary groups.
5.
March 13th,
leader Debora Barros Fince receives a death threat that the second in
command of the Counter Wayúu Insurgency is in Riohacha. The
threat was done by a member of the counter insurgency approaching
another member of the Organization who accompanies Debora often and
was also told that if he did not stop accompanying her, his last days
would be near. The individual also showed the group's member a
document that had three pages that came from the Defensoria del
Pueblo. The same evening coordinator of the National Commission of
Reparation and Reconciliation (NCRR) ANTONIO CALVO and MAPP-OAS
DANIEL MILLARES were notified of the acts.
6.
March 14th,
in the morning members of the Organization Wayúu Munusrat met
with the representative of the Defesonria del Pueblo FERNANDO LOPEZ,
to inquire if a document had been written regarding the security of
Barros Fince. Lopez confirmed they had a three paged document that
had been copied to the national police and the army. Those present
were surprised the Wayúu leader had received death threats.
By
the same means the commander of La Guajira´s Police Dept.
CARLOS ALBERTO SUSUNAGA, lieutenant Coronal LUIS FERNANDO SALASAR
JARAMILLO, the national police's human rights delegate MAPP-OEA
DANIEL MILLARES, and CNRR ANTONIO CALVO were all made aware of the
acts of persecution against Wayúu leader DEBORA BARROS FINCE.
The acts of the days prior when police officers detained her vehicle
and falsified documentation regarding the detainment. In
reference to this act we met with representatives of the nation's
secretary general where we were informed that there was no existing
documentation demanding the vehicles detention by any judge of the
republic.
Currently
DEBORA BARROS remains vulnerable to a variety of acts of attempts
against her security and because so has had to take the precautions
with her movement.
ORGANIZACION
WAYUU MUNSURAT
REQUESTED
ACTION
We
ask you to write with full speed and to the Colombian authorities and
demand of them:
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That
immediate, opportune and adequate measures be adopted, with the
agreement of those affected, to protect the Life, Liberty and
Personal Integrity of
Debora Barros
Fince,
as well as her family members and other members of the Organización
Wayúu Munusurat.
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That
these events be thoroughly investigated, and that sanctions be
applied against those responsible for these threats and acts of
intimidation and harassment.
Send above to /
Envie mensaje a:
REQUESTED
ACTION E-MAILS
Alvaro
Uribe Velez
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Riohacha,
la Guajira marzo 18 de 2008
ACCION
URGENTE A LA COMUNIDAD NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL
La
organización wayuumunsurat es un grupo que viene trabajando
por la defensa de los Derechos Humanos de los Desplazada y victimas
de los grupos paramilitares asentados en la guajira colombiana, con
el acompañamiento de organizaciones nacionales e
internacionales.
Con
este comunicado queremos poner en conocimiento de todos, la situación
que se viene presentando con los miembros de nuestra organización
los cuales hemos sido objeto de amenazas, hostigamientos,
persecuciones y presiones por parte del bloque norte de las
autodefensas, contra insurgenciawayuu quienes no se desmovilizaron y
siguen delinquiendo en nuestros territorios.
HECHOS.
1.el
día 20 de enero del 2008, Débora Barros Fince fue
objeto de persecución por parte de la Policía Nacional,
donde pretendían retener el vehiculo donde se movilizaba
aduciendo que tenia problemas con la documentación,
presentando una copia donde claramente se podía apreciar la
falsedad
del documento que ni siquiera el numero de placas correspondía
al vehiculo en mención.
2.el
3 de marzo del presente año la organización
wayuumunsurat, comenzó la convocatoria para la marcha que se
llevaría acabo el día 6 marzo, desde entonces
comenzamos a recibir hostigamientos y amenazas telefónicas
insinuándonos la no realización de la marcha con la
consecuencia de que si se llevase acabo la marcha seriamos
catalogados de guerrilleros y por lo tanto considerados objetivos
militar.
El
mismo día cuando culminaba la marcha en el parque padilla, nos
percatamos que un hombre de apariencia sospechosa se acerco a una de
las victimas presente allí con mucha insistencia preguntando
quien organizaba la marcha, a lo cual dispusimos informarle a los
miembros de la fuerza publica que se encontraban allí, estos
intentaron identificarlo sin éxito alguno ya que
logro
escabullirse por entre las personas de la marcha
3.el
día 7 de marzo a las 3 de la tarde cuando se disponía a
asistir a una reunión la defensoria del pueblo, al salir de
su casa, noto junto con su esquema de seguridad un carro sospechoso
con cuatro hombres de caracteristicas del interior del pais, (
cachacos ).
Estas
amenazas vienen porque por primera vez la victima de los
paramilitares pierde un poco el miedo y todo por la iniciativa de la
organización Wayuumunsurat, quien después de la marcha
realizo un acto simbólico en la Plaza almirante padilla por
primera vez y fue algo histórico para las victimas, de la
Comunidad guajira.
4.
el 13 marzo, recibió una amenaza de muerte la lidereza DEBORA
BARROS FINCE, de que el segundo comandante de contrainsurgencia wayuu
estaba En Riohacha, especialmente para cumplir con la amenaza, un
miembro de esa Organización se acerco a una persona que
siempre se encuentra junto a Débora manifestándole que
se retirara de andar con ella por que sus días estaban
contados y le mostró un documento que tenia tres hojas la cual
provenía de la Defensoria del pueblo, esa misma noche tubo
conocimiento el coordinador de la Cnrr ANTONIO CALVO, MAPP-OEA DANIEL
MILLARES,
5.El
14 de marzo a primera hora nos reunimos con el defensor del pueblo
Doctor FERNANDO LOPEZ, para averiguar si el había hecho un
documento referente a la seguridad de la lidereza, el señor
defensor confirma que tenia un documento y de tres hojas con copia a
la policía nacional, al ejercito. Las personas reunidas allí
quedaron muy sorprendidas de la amenaza de muerte a la lidereza
wayuu.
6.Así
mismo se puso en conocimiento del comandante del Departamento de
policía guajira CARLOS ALBERTO SUSUNAGA, Teniente Coronel
LUIS FERNANDO SALASAR JARAMILLO, delegado de derechos humanos de la
policía nacional MAPP-OEA DANIEL MILLARES, CNRR ANTONIO CALVO,
la persecución de la cual
fue
objeto la lidereza wayuu DEBORA BARROS FINCE en días
anteriores cuando miembros de la policía nacional pretendieron
retener el vehiculo en el cual se movilizaba aduciendo que el
vehiculo era de dudosa procedencia ,y mostrando un papel en el cual
se notaba a simple vista la falsedad de este. En vista de tal
persecución se procedió a consultar con miembros de la
fiscalia general de la nación donde fuimos informados que el
vehiculo no presentaba orden de detención por parte de ningún
juez de la republica.
En
estos momentos DEBORA BARROS queda vulnerable ante cualquier
situación ya que a raíz de esto queda movilizándose
en taxis .
ORGANIZACION
WAYUUUMUNSURAT
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