From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: SUMMARY EXECUTIONS INCOLOMBIA
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:41:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700604:000:3292
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Oct  9 10:41:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: SUMMARY EXECUTIONS INCOLOMBIA

/* Written  1:20 pm  Oct  9, 1992 by geonet@gn.apc.org in igc:omct.sostortur */

CASE  COL 091092

At the request of the Corporacion Colectivo de Abogados (CCA), the
Comite Permanente de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (CPDH), the
Comite de Solidaridad con los Presos Politicos (CSPP), members of our
network, we call upon you to intervene URGENTLY on behalf of the
following situation in Colombia.
Brief description of the situation :
On 2 October 1992, at about 21h00 in Toquilla, municipality of
Aquitania, in the department of Boyaca, members of the "Tarqui"
Battalion, stationed in Sogamoso, illegally entered and searched a
number of homes with the aim of detaining various residents of the
Zone of Toquilla, including some workers of the Murillo-Loboguerrero
company that is presently building a road in the region.
The soldiers had with them a list of names of more than 10 people,
amongst them Messrs. Hector AUDELO CHAPARRO, aged 48, Reynaldo RIVERA
CHAPARRO, aged 46, a peasant a worker and warden in the above
mentioned Murillo-Loboguerrero company, and Ismael AMAYA, a
supervisor of the road construction project, they obliged them to
leave their homes, beat them and accused them of collaborating with
the guerilla after which they summarily executed them by their
houses.
According to the information, the same list included the names of
Mrs. Rosa ALVARADO and Messrs. Manuel ABELLA, Humberto PRECIADO and
Dario BONILLA, whose lives were only saved because they were not in
their homes.
The families of the victims accused the members of the Battalion and
affirmed that they had been in the area since 22 September and that
since then, the population had been subjected to ill-treatment and
threats.  In addition, it has been implied that by leaving the scene
of the incidents, the perpetrators of these acts have tried to give
the impression that they are members of the FARC.
Action requested
Please write to the Colombian authorities IMMEDIATELY urging them to
take all the necessary measures to guarantee the lives and physical
and psychological integrity of Mrs. Rosa ALVARADO, Messrs. Manuel
ABELLA, Humberto PRECIADO, Dar!o BONILLA as well as the families of
the victims. Exhort them to open thorough and impartial inquiries
into the above incidents in order to identify those responsible and
punish them in accordance with the law. Demand that they ensure the
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country at
all times.
Addresses
S.E. Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, Presidente de la Republica de Colombia,
Palacio de Narino, Bogota, Colombia. Fax (+ 571) 2867434
Dr. Rafael Pardo Rueda, Ministro de Defensa, Ministerio de Defensa -
CAN, Santafe de Bogota, Colombia.
Dr. Carlos Gustavo Arrieta, Procurador General de la Nacion, Carrera
5 No. 15-80, Bogota, Colombia.   Fax (+ 571) 2840472
Dr. Andres Conzales Posso, Ministro de Justicia, Calle 26, No. 27-48,
Bogota, Colombia.  Fax (+ 571) 2221874
Dra. Mariana Escobar, Consejeria Presidencial para los Derechos
Humanos, Calle 7, No. 6-54, Bogota, Colombia.  Fax (+ 571) 2842186

9 October 1992
Please inform us of any action undertaken, (kindly mention the code
number of the appeal in any related correspondence).
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