Anarkismo.net: Picket the Colombian Embassy (London) to protest assassination of peasant activist C?sar Garc?a (ca)

CONDEMN THE ASSASSINATION OF C?SAR GARCIA! ---- COLOMBIAN STATE MUST INVESTIGATE HIS 
MURDER ---- DEFEND CAMPESINOS IN CAJAMARCA WHO SAY NO TO LA COLOSA MINE! ---- 
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Picket Colombian Embassy 4pm - 5.30pm Wednesday 6 November 3 Hans Crescent, London SW1X 
0LN (back of Harrods, Kinightsbridge tube) ---- Yesterday, 4 November, 800 people attended 
Cesar?s funeral in Cajamarca. It was raining, but the church was full to overflowing. 
Cesar was a very valued and respected member of the community. People expressed fear that 
the situation in the Cajamarca was becoming more unsafe. They feel that it is very 
important for what is happening in Cajamarca to be visible at an international level. This 
is one way that leaders in the area can receive a degree of protection.

PLEASE COME TO THE PICKET IF YOU CAN ? AND RESPOND TO OUR URGENT ACTION


Urgent Action - Community Leader Killed, Others at Risk

Colombia Solidarity Campaign, 5 November 2013


Small-scale campesino farmer and community leader, C?sar Garcia, who had been opposing the 
development of a gold mining project in Cajamarca, Colombia, has been killed by an unknown 
gunman. There is a grave fear for security of other community leaders in the region.

C?sar Garc?a (Pedro C?sar Garc?a Moreno), a member of Conciencia Campesina and president 
of Community Action Board of El Caj?n-La Leona district was shot dead close to his home on 
2 November at dusk (approximately 6pm). Reportedly, C?sar was with his two children and 
two other children he was looking after when an unknown man approached and shot him. His 
wife was nearby, but could not see anyone and just heard a gunshot. C?sar Garc?a died 
immediately.

Reportedly, the Police and the Fiscal?a (Office of the Attorney General) of the 
municipality refused to come and recover the body of C?sar Garc?a. Family members and 
friends had to bring his body from the rural mountain region to the morgue in Cajamarca 
town by themselves.

C?sar Garc?a was actively involved in opposing the development of the La Colosa gold 
mining project in the region. He regularly attended environmental meetings and reportedly 
persuaded many farmers in the area not to sell their lands to the mining company.

C?sar is survived by his wife and children aged 4 and 9 years old.

Background Information:

Conciencia Campesina is a non-governmental organisation representing interests of 
small-scale campesino farmers in Cajamarca, Tolima. Conciencia Campesina is a member of 
the Comit? Ambiental y Campesino de Cajamarca, a network of environmental organisations 
opposed to large scale mining in the region of Tolima.

Throughout the last three years Conciencia Campesina together with other grassroot groups 
have peacefully opposed the development of the La Colosa open cast gold mining project 
owned by multinational AngloGold Ashanti. The project is the first of a mining district 
that would encompass an area of 200,000 ha according to the company's own figures.

Social movements and community leaders from Cajamarca who criticise and oppose to the 
mining project have been characterised by the State authorities, the media and 
representatives of AngloGold Ashanti as ?radicals?, ?fundamentalists?, and even 
?terrorists?. Community leaders reportedly feel stigmatised and threatened, and therefore 
are reluctant to trust the Police or Army forces who work in the region.

Please contact the following entities immediately, demanding a prompt, rigorous and 
independent investigation of C?sar Garc?a's assassination, and ensuring safety and 
security of community members who oppose the La Colosa gold mining project.

President Juan Manuel Santos
Se?or Juan Manuel Santos
Presidente de la Rep?blica,
Palacio de Nari?o, Carrera 8 No.7-26
Bogot?, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 596 0631
Please complete the form at:http://syscopre.presidencia.gov.co/publico/frmCiudadano....aspx
Twitter: @JuanManSantos

Ambassador Mauricio Rodriguez
Embassy of Colombia
3 Hans Crescent
London SW1X 0LN
Twitter: @colombianembuk
Email: egranbretana@cancilleria.gov.co This e-mail address is being protected from 
spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Minister of Interior Affairs
Se?or Aurelio Iragorri Valencia
Carrera 8 No. 7 - 83
Bogot?, Colombia
email: servicioalciudadano@mininterior.gov.co This e-mail address is being protected from 
spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Twitter: @MinInterior

Office of the Ombudsman
Se?or Jorge Armando Ot?lora G?mez
Calle 55 N? 10 - 32
Bogot?, Colombia
email: atencionciudadano@defensoria.org.co This e-mail address is being protected from 
spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Twitter: @DefensoriaCol

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