Colombia in May 2009, breaks the silence on the paramilitaries, the mass grave with 2,000 bodies
The 'Movimiento de Víctimas en Colombia' has more than 75 massacres with more than 4,000 victims. The testimony of a farmer: "They cut people to pieces and buried"
BOGOTA - The Colombian farmers in the area north of San Onofre, Sucre in the area, broke the silence to the media denouncing the killings of paramilitaries who have been in last ten years. The 'Movimiento de Víctimas en Colombia 'has more than 75 massacres with more than 4,000 victims, many buried in mass graves, while many displaced people have never returned to their homes due to insufficient guarantees offered by the state.
Several local residents who witnessed the murder and mutilation, as well as fires set by paramilitaries to erase any evidence.
"They made a small hole, cut people to pieces and buried," he complained to Telesur Jauiro Arnda, farmer. The correspondent for Telesur in Colombia, Angie Camacho, said that many farmers are calling on all partners to report on the massacres, even if threatened with death. "We tell the international community the humanitarian crisis that is actually living in this region, "added Torres Eder, a resident of the area. Several relatives of the murdered leader
require the Colombian government a commission to investigate the events that occur more than a decade in these locations but are convnti complicity that binds authorities and paramilitaries.
Senator Gloria Inés Ramírez, the alternative site, said that "classifying as terrorists the victims and human rights activists, the government says its troops to the officers who are military objectives." He added: "It was never heard in presidential speeches a single line of condolence for the victims."
Meanwhile, a delegation of U.S. and Europe, led by six MEPs, certified last Friday, after a public hearing in Macarena, the existence of a mass grave two thousand unidentified bodies. "I guerrillas killed in combat," said official sources. The Colombian human rights activists contend that this, the largest mass grave in Latin America, is investigated. The certification of the pit credits as time went by denouncing the Colombian authorities to the local farmers and residents of the district.
The military use of the army to kill innocent people, including children, after having conducted hundreds of miles from home, and after having been disguised as FARC Guerrillero, complete with rifle in hand. A macabre ritual, that of the so-called "false positives" for promotions and award licenses, in addition to more money from the Plan Colombia.
The Macarena farmers are victims of armed conflict since 2003, made more acute with the arrival of 'Plan Colombia' promoted by the United States to launch an alleged war against drug trafficking and organized crime.
After visiting the U.S. and EU observers, the Colombian Foreign Ministry has stated that there are mass graves in the area and most important newspaper in the country, El Tiempo, whose major shareholders are the newly elected president is Juan Manuel Santos and former defense minister, his cousin is current vice-president Francisco Santos, have completely ignored the news.
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