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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>President of SINALTRAINAL
Assassinated <BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=verdana>It is with much pain we
inform you that our comrade </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">LUCIANO
ENRIQUE ROMERO MOLINA</FONT></B><FONT face=verdana>, President of SINALTRAINAL,
has been assassinated. He was last seen by a family member at about 9:00
PM driving a Spring taxi with plates VP 473 on September 10th in the city of
Valledupar. He was later found tied with about 40 stab wounds and signs of
torture.<BR> <BR>Luciano Romero who was 45 years old and is survived by 4
children and his partner, worked in the Ciclac-Nestle factory in the city of
Valledupar where he was fired on October 22, 2002 due to an allegation that he
engaged in an illegal strike which was really a protest meeting.
<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=verdana><BR>Our comrade Luciano
had been threatened with death which is why on various occasions he had left
Valledupar for his own protection and was once in Gijon, Spain in a program of
protection and solidarity. He was the union’s delegate to the
Political Prisoners Solidarity Committee in which he carried out solidarity and
humanitarian activities for the detainees. <BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=verdana><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>We
repudiate this horrendous crime, which is part of the interminable list of
assassinated Colombian union leaders with in the strategy of State Terrorism and
the persecution of carried out by corporations in order to exterminate the
labor movement. We condemn the government of Alvaro Uribe Velez and
its deceptive Peace dialog with paramilitary groups that continues to massacre
the defenseless population and under the law of Justice and Peace they
will be recognized as legal by the state which is nothing more that a
pardon. <BR> <BR><BR>Send protest letters to:
<BR>Álvaro Uribe Vélez <BR>Presidente de la República de Colombia<BR>Carrera 8
No 7 -26 Palacio de Nariño, <BR>Bogotá D. C., <BR>Colombia, South
America<BR><BR>Telefax: (57) 1 5662071, E-mail: auribe@presidencia.gov.co
<BR><BR><BR><BR>Fraternally,<BR> <BR>LUIS JAVIER CORREA
SUAREZ<BR>Presidente <BR> </FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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