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Viewing cable 08BOGOTA2782, JULY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: NATIONAL MURDER RATES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BOGOTA2782 2008-07-31 16:06 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
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DE RUEHBO #2782/01 2131606
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 311606Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3924
INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 0767
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AUG LIMA 6406
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 7099
RUEHGL/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL 4511
RHMFISS/CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
UNCLAS BOGOTA 002782 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL KJUS PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG CO
SUBJECT: JULY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: NATIONAL MURDER RATES 
DOWN, PROGRESS ON LABOR AND JUSTICE AND PEACE CASES 
 
REF: BOGOTA 528 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1. GOC statistics show 8030 homicides occurred nationwide 
from January to June, down from 8903 during the same period 
in 2007.  Kidnappings fell from 281 during the first semester 
of 2007 to 242 during the same period in 2008.  The National 
Unionist College reports 32 union members have been killed 
thus far in 2008; GOC statistics show 27.  Labor unions claim 
police involvement in the murder of Bogota public employees 
union leader Guillermo Rivera.  We have raised the Rivera 
case with the Colombian National Police (CNP), the Prosecutor 
General's Office (Fiscalia,) Bogota city officials, and the 
Presidential Human Rights Program.  Fiscalia Justice and 
Peace Law unit director Luis Gonzalez said testimony provided 
by demobilized paramilitaries has clarified over 9000 crimes 
to date.  Discussions continue between the Defense Ministry 
and a Cofan indigenous community on the construction of a 
military base in Putumayo.  END SUMMARY. 
 
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OVERALL VIOLENCE STATISTICS 
CONTINUE DOWNWARD TREND 
--------------------------- 
 
2. In the first six months of 2008, the GOC registered 8030 
homicides, down from 8903 during the same period last year 
The sharpest fall occurred in Santander department with a 69% 
decline (from 242 in the first six months of 2007 to 75 in 
the same time frame in 2008) and Buenaventura with a 46% 
decline (204 to 110).  Still, some departments saw a spike in 
violence due to FARC activity, criminal groups, and 
narcotrafficking bands, including Cordoba (153 to 281, an 84% 
increase) and Choco (32 to 67, a 109% increase).  Murder 
rates also remained high in Valle de Cauca, Risaralda, 
Putumayo, and Meta departments.  Murders in Bogota fell from 
881 during the first semester of 2007 to 861 during the same 
period this year. 
 
3.  Kidnappings are also down nationally, dropping from 281 
during the first six months of 2007 to 242 during the same 
period in 2008.  Departments where kidnapping remains a 
serious problem include Antioquia (40), Meta (25), Tolima 
(25) and Bogota (21). 
 
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LABOR VIOLENCE CONTINUES BUT IMPROVING 
-------------------------------------- 
 
4. The National Unionist College (ENS) has registered 32 
murders of unionists and peasant leaders so far in 2008; the 
Ministry of Social Protection (MSP) reports 28 as of the end 
of July. The difference in numbers largely reflects MSP's 
exclusion of peasant group members, because they lack the 
employer-employee relationship required to register with the 
MSP as unionists.  In one case, the MSP and ENS disagree over 
whether or not a murdered teacher belonged to a union.  Since 
2001, the Fiscalia has prosecuted 94 cases of violence 
against unionists, leading to the conviction of 188 
individuals.  125 of the individual convicted are in jail, 
with 63 having been convicted in abstentia.  The special 
labor sub-unit within the Fiscalia has resolved 50 cases, 
resulting in the conviction of 90 individuals, since its 
creation in October 2006. 
 
5. Bogota municipal employees union President Guillermo 
Rivera Fuquene disappeared on April 22 in Bogota.  Local 
authorities found his mutilated body 134 miles from Bogota on 
April 24, but did not identify and bury his remains until 
July 17.  The GOC determined the cause of death as 
strangulation, but Rivera's family and the Confederation of 
Colombian Workers (CTC) report the body also showed signs of 
torture.  A witness told the CTC that Rivera was taken by 
municipal police dressed in civilian clothes and placed in a 
patrol car.  The witness refuses to cooperate with the 
Fiscalia and has reportedly gone into hiding, though CTC 
claims she is missing.  CTC officials speculate that Rivera 
was killed due to his "militant" work with the Union 
Patriotica and the Communist Party.  Post has raised the case 
with the CNP, Fiscalia, Bogota municipal authorities, and the 
Presidential Office on Human Rights.  GOC officials say they 
have no evidence of police involvement.  The case remains 
under investigation. 
 
 
6. The Superior Judicial Council (Consejo Superior de la 
Judicatura) announced that special labor judge positions 
hearing labor violence cases would become permanent. 
Previously, they were temporary, six-month positions.  The 
change responds in part to labor union criticism after the 
independent Appellate Court decided not to reappoint one of 
the three previous temporary labor judges, Jose Nirio 
Sanchez, in January 2008 (reftel). 
 
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PROGRESS IN JUSTICE AND PEACE PROCESS 
------------------------------------- 
 
7.  Fiscalia Justice and Peace (JPL) Unit director Luis 
Gonzalez said the unit has heard 1500 voluntary confessions 
(version libres) so far. leading to the clarification of over 
9000 crimes (including 80 murders of trade unionists) and the 
exhumation of over 1500 remains.  He said the GOC's 
extradition of fourteen paramilitary leaders to the United 
States in May has not hurt the JPL process. In fact, the 
extraditions have helped demobilized participants understand 
the benefits of cooperating with the Fiscalia.  The unit has 
scheduled 17 additional versiones libres in the coming 
months, and 59 prosecutors are now working full time on the 
follow-up investigations. 
 
8.  Gonzalez said JPL testimony has been especially helpful 
in clarifying the murders of members of the leftist political 
party Union Patriotica in the late 1980s and early 1990s. 
Former paramilitary leader Ever Veloza Garcia (alias HH) 
alone has revealed information identifying 400 mass graves, 
over 50 of which have been unearthed.  Veloza also recently 
submitted a memory stick, allegedly belonging to former 
United Self Defense of Colombia leader Carlos Castano, into 
evidence. The Fiscalia's Technical Investigative Corps (CTI) 
is reviewing the stick.  We have requested Veloza's 
extradition, which is being reviewed by the Supreme Court. 
 
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MOD-COFAN DIALOGUE 
------------------ 
 
9. Discussions continue between the Defense Ministry (MOD) 
and a Cofan indigenous community on the construction of a 
military base in Putumayo.  On July 21, the MOD responded to 
a Cofan community request for information on the 
environmental and security impact of the base on the 
community.  The community rejected the MOD's proposal to hold 
a meeting on July 29, citing the need for more time to assess 
the impact studies. The Cofan plan to hire consultants to 
review the documents and suggested a meeting with the MOD in 
September.  Specific Cofan concerns center on the number of 
troops in the area, impact on water systems (sewer drainage, 
subsurface water), and a clearer definition of the land area 
involved. 
 
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ARRESTS IN TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS 
---------------------------------- 
 
10. On June 28, the GOC announced that two men had been 
arrested and will be tried for the illegal transportation of 
25 Chinese citizens, including three minors, through 
Colombia.  The men were arrested in Buenaventura while 
readying a ship to transport the Chinese to Panama en route 
to the United States.  The Chinese originally entered 
Colombia illegally through Ecuador, part of a growing number 
of illegal Chinese being trafficked through South and Central 
America to the United States.  This year, Department of 
Administrative Security (DAS) regional offices in Valle de 
Cauca have deported 47 Chinese that paid between 20,000 and 
30,000 dollars to be transported to the United States.  Under 
Article 188 of Colombia's Criminal Procedure Code, the two 
men face sentences of up to 15 years and substantial fines. 
The GOC continues to sensitize officers and investigative 
units to focus on the Chinese trafficking problem. 
BROWNFIELD