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Viewing cable 07BOGOTA4716, FARC ASSASSINATES ELEVEN COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES

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07BOGOTA4716 2007-06-28 23:19 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6686
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UNCLAS BOGOTA 004716 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER CO
SUBJECT: FARC ASSASSINATES ELEVEN COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES 
 
REF: A. REF A) BOGOTA 1224 
     B. REF B) BOGOTA 3651 
 
1.  Summary.  The FARC assassinated eleven Colombian state 
assemblymen on June 18, according to a FARC communique issued 
June 28.  The FARC claimed the hostages were killed in a 
crossfire during a military attack.  President Uribe 
condemned the FARC for the murders, and he confirmed that GOC 
did not attempt a rescue.  The president also confirmed the 
GOC would consult with family members prior to launching 
rescue attempts, and that the GOC would also consult with the 
USG prior to any rescue attempt of three U.S. citizens held 
by the FARC.  Uribe reiterated the GOC will not accept a 
"despeje" with the FARC, but said that a planned June 29 
meeting of European emissaries with the FARC to discuss a 
humanitarian accord should go forward.  End summary. 
 
2. On June 28, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 
(FARC) announced in a communique through its unofficial 
portal ANNCOL that eleven of twelve assemblymen from the 
department of Valle de Cauca taken captive in April 2002, 
were killed on June 18, in a cross fire when an unidentified 
military group attacked their camp.  Assemblyman Sigifredo 
Lopez reportedly survived because he was detained in a 
different location. 
 
3.  President Alvaro Uribe held an emergency security council 
meeting the morning of June 28, announcing that the FARC had 
assassinated the hostages.  Uribe confirmed that no military 
rescue operation had taken place when the hostages were 
killed.  He cited numerous cases in which the FARC had 
executed hostages and later justified the executions with the 
false excuse of a rescue/crossfire.  Uribe stated the GOC 
would, in all cases, consult with hostage family members 
prior to any rescue attempt--citing the case of Foreign 
Minister Fernando Araujo, freed from the FARC in a military 
rescue attempt in January (Ref A)--and said no consultation 
in this case had occurred because there had been no rescue 
attempt.  Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos provided 
details for the media on all military operations around the 
date of the killings in the southwest of Colombia; none 
matched the FARC description of events. 
 
4.  Uribe also confirmed that he would consult with the USG 
prior to launching any rescue attempt for Marc Gonsalves, 
Keith Stansell and Thomas Howes (Ref B) (or with the French 
Government in the case of Ingrid Betancourt).  Uribe added 
that the GOC had not determined the location of the AMCIT 
hostages or Betancourt. The president asked the international 
community to condemn the FARC for the killings and to provide 
forensic assistance to find the remains of the assassinated 
hostages and investigate the facts surrounding their 
killings. 
 
5.  Finally, Uribe reiterated that the GOC "will not accept a 
zone of despeje" or free members of the FARC who intend to 
return to FARC ranks.  He said that French, Swiss, and 
Spanish emissaries should move ahead with a planned meeting 
with the FARC on June 29 in Geneva to discuss a possible 
humanitarian accord to free remaining hostages. 
 
6.  President Uribe's office asked the Embassy to provide a 
Spanish version of the Department spokesman's press statement 
to be posted on the presidency's web site.  We are 
translating the guidance which we understand was used by the 
Department on June 28. 
Drucker