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New Acts of Terrorism Against the
Community of
Las Pavas
Following the
recent attacks
on the community
of Las Pavas,
ASOCAB, the
farmers
association
relased the
following
denoucement.
PUBLIC
DENOUNCEMENT
THE FARMERS
ASSOCIATION OF
BUENOS AIRES
"ASOCAB"
denounces, before
the national and
international
community, the
acts of terrorism
to which we are
victims, which we
add to our
previous
complaints of
assaults by the
private security
department of the
palm company
APORTES SAN ISIDRO
S.A.S.
FACTS
On several
occasions we have
denounced the
attacks carried
out by private
security
department of the
palm company
APORTES SAN ISIDRO
against the ASOCAB
farming community,
ranging from
threats, crop
damage, shots
fired at community
members, physical
and verbal
aggressions, all
of which we have
related to
agencies such as
the Attorney
General's Office
and the National
Police, at local,
regional and
national levels.
On Thursday June
27, 2013, in the
presence of
members of the
international
organization CPT
(Christian
Peacemaker Teams),
at around 11:10
a.m. a fireball
was thrown, made
out of socks tied
with wire and
soaked in diesel
fuel, at the
settlement of our
community located
in Las Pavas, in
an attempt to burn
down the communal
ranch structure
that is
constructed of
wood and palm and
cause the death of
those who were
there. The
fireball overshot
the ranch bouncing
onto the tin roof
of one of the
houses and fell to
the ground.
A week later, on
Thursday, July 4,
2013 at12:15 am
when all the
families living in
the settlement
were asleep, three
fireballs were
launched, using
the same material
as the previous,
at the community
housing and the
two communal
ranches.
Fortunately one of
the community
members felt when
the first fireball
fell and woke up
the rest of the
community who came
out and
fortunately
managed to put out
the flames without
any injury, was
able to document
that one of the
fireballs came
from the backyard
of the company
house where the
workers of APORTES
SAN ISIDRO SAS
live.
These acts are
creating terror in
our community, we
feel that despite
the complaints we
have filed the
Colombian State
does not provide
answers or
effective
guarantees for the
prosecution of
these criminal
acts that threaten
our human rights,
actions
orchestrated and
conducted by the
palm company
APORTES SAN ISIDRO
SAS executed
through its
private security
department, those
of whom boast to
acting in good
faith, legally and
legitimately.
We will continue
to announce and
denounce the
imminent risk that
we experience and
the actions of the
palm company
APORTES SAN ISIDRO
SAS who seek to
displace and
dispossess us of
our territory.
Therefore we
demand:
1. Investigations
and sanctions for
those responsible,
the manager and
company directors
of APORTES SAN
ISIDRO as well as
their employees,
for the violence
against us and the
violations of our
human rights.
2. The guarantee
that these events
will not be
repeated.
3. Rehabilitation
measures and
satisfaction for
the community.
4. Guarantees to
fully exercise the
right of
possession of the
property of Las
Pavas.
5. The
adjudication of
INCODER’s
(Colombian
Institute for
Rural Development)
ruling on the
eleven plots of
land.
6. The titling and
eminent domain of
the plots of land
by INCODER.
FARMERS
ASSOCIATION ASOCAB
BUENOS AIRES, July
8, 2013
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