Sinaltrainal Leader Luciano Enrique Romero Molina Assassinated - September 14, 2005
It is with deep pain that we inform you of the death of comrade LUCIANO ENRIQUE ROMERO MOLINA, a leader of SINALTRANAL who was assassinated in the city of Valledupar, Cesar. Luciano was seen alive at approximately 9pm on 10 September, then on the morning of 11 September his dead body was found tied up, tortured and with 40 knife wounds. He was living under the PROTECTIVE MEASURES scheme of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission of the Organisation of American States.
LUCIANO was 47 years old. He leaves 4 children and his partner Ledys Mendoza. He had worked for 20 years at NESTLÉ - Cicolac in Valledupar. He was sacked from there 22 October 2002, for a supposed cease of [work]activities that was declared illegal by the Ministry of Social Protection. There is a demand for comrade Luciano Romero?s reinstatement in process through the First Labour Court of the Valledupar Circuit. The demand is against NESTLE DE COLOMBIA S.A., CICOLAC LTDA. and DAIRY PARTENS AMERICAS MANOFACTURING COLOMBIA LTDA. "DPA COLOMBIA LIMITADA".
LUCIANO was an outstanding leader of SINALTRAINAL and currently was our representative on the Foundation Committee of Solidarity with Political Prisoners [Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos -
[FCSPP] from where he carried out activities of solidarity and humanitarian assistance for the detainees. on different occasions. From the end of 2004 he stayed several months in Gijón, Spain in a protection and solidarity programme; and he had returned to Colombia at the beginning of this year.
We repudiate this horrendous murder that adds LUCIANO ENRIQUE ROMERO MOLINA to the interminable list of assassinated union leaders in Colombia, [carried out] within the strategy of State Terrorism and through the
persecution unleashed by the corporations to exterminate the trade union movement.
We condemn once again the government of Álvaro Uribe Vélez and his deceitful "peace process" with the paramilitary groups, which as we see continue massacring the unarmed population, with their crimes protected by total impunity thanks to the "Justice and Peace Law".
Please write to the following :
Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Presidente de la República de Colombia
auribe@presidencia.gov.co; dh@presidencia.gov.co
Vicepresidente Francisco Santos
fsantos@presidencia.gov.co
Dr. Carlos Franco,
Director del Programa Presidencial de Derechos
Humanos y de Derecho Internacional Humanitario.
cefranco@presidencia.gov.co
Fiscal General de la Nación
Dr. Mario Iguarán Arana
contacto@fiscalia.gov.co; denuncie@fiscalia.gov.co;
webmaster@fiscalia.gov.co
Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
cidhoea@oas.org
Con copia a
sinaltrainal@sinaltrainal.org
Colombia Support Network
P.O. Box 1505
Madison, WI 53701-1505
phone: (608) 257-8753
fax: (608) 255-6621
e-mail: csn@igc.org
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