Ecuador Mother Says Son Killed by Colombian Soldiers

[magbana]

Colombia Killed Son, Ecuador Mother

Quito, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) The Ecuadorian Ombudsmans Office is investigating the death of another national that may have been caused by Colombian soldiers, after charges by family and friends of victims along the common border.

His relatives claim Jose Fernando Lopez Munoz Quiroz was tortured and shot dead by members of the Colombian Armed Forces, and have called for local authorities to look into the case.

According to Lopez Quiroz mother, the crime took place on March 13, when her son was working at a farm on the Colombian side of the Putumayo sector.

Ombudsman Claudio Mueckay affirmed they began investigating the case after the denunciation by the relatives.

Apart from that crime, relatives of another Ecuadorian have asked for governmental support to achieve justice and accuse the Colombian army of the death of Manuel Antonio Jimenez, a pharmacist residing in the bordering town of Puerto Nuevo.

According to his neighbors, Jimenez was in Puerto Asis sector, on the other side of the border, paying a bill, when he was arrested and killed by the Colombian troops.

Bogota sustains they were rebels or people who maintained certain links with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which relatives and friends of the victims deny.

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http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B61D6005C-E65B-4533-8F7C-18A9EC44011F%7D)&language=EN

[magbana]

1. Looks Like Colombian Soldiers . . .

are whacking Ecuadoreans in an attempt to extract information that will implicate Ecuador's government in the FARC stuff. Or it could simply be a way to provoke Ecuador to up the ante.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Presumably we should expect anything filthy from Uribe's government, but this is LOW.

How surprising we have to look for news from outside our corporate media to know about any of this!

Here's something I ran through the google Spanish to English translation tool from an Ecuador tv station's website:

March 19, 2008 | 16:09

Manuel Antonio Jimenez would be another Ecuadorian killed by the Colombian army, according to the complaint of his family


VIDEO
Video Complaint Ecuadorian Muerto_flv.flv
A new twist on Wednesday gave the diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Ecuador with the complaint lodged by the relatives of Manuel Antonio Jimenez to have been murdered by members of the Colombian army who mistook a guerrilla of the FARC.

As indicated by their relatives, Jimenez, 35, would have been victimado in the border town of Puerto Asis, on the Colombian side, as far as he had to repay a debt of six million Colombian pesos for a field that had acquired in that place.

Maricela Melo, wife of now occiso, explained that the body of his spouse appeared with signs of having been tortured, as they had acid burns on the face and four diparos in the head and various parts of his body.

"They (the Colombian army) told us that he had been killed by guerrillas, and that is not true," added Melo, who clarified that Jimenez was involved in drug activities.

http://www.ecuavisa.com/Desktop.aspx?Id=958&e=1907

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Here's an article, also put through the google translation tool, mentioning the three murder victims:

Politics Ecuador
26/03/2008 16:51 Age: 3 min
The Ecuadorian Guillermo Aisalia recognized the body of her son killed in the FARC camp
Category: Politics
By: Veronica Villaruel
Until the Ombudsman come over allegations of Ecuadorians allegedly killed by the army in Colombia, while the families of Franklin Aisalia deny that Ecuador has been a member of the FARC.
With support from a psychologist, Guillermo Aisalia, father of Ecuadorian killed in the camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), after the bombing in Ecuadorian territory, recognized her son's body, which is at the Institute of Medicine Legal Bogota.

Aisalia requested keep her son's body later that he took blood samples for DNA testing, certifying his parentage.

William arrived with other family members at 11 am the Institute of Forensic Medicine, in the company of the People's Defender, Vólmar Perez, where he reiterated that there are certain evidence linking his son with the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). "We flatly refuse, it is very true, my son is single and has lived with me. Father and I know what it is that," he said.

However, the family of Aisalia, whom identified as a 38-year-old locksmith who worked at his own workshop in the north of Quito, does not explain why the victim was in the camp of the FARC. Now, Guillermo Aisalia only expected to Ecuador to the repatriation of the body of his son.

Meanwhile, the Ombudsman has to face another similar case. It is the Ecuadorian Jose Fernando Lopez Munoz Quiroz, who according to his family was tortured and shot dead by the army in Colombia.

According to the complaint made, the fact would have occurred on March 13 and as the mother of Lopez Quiroz, her son was working on a farm in the area of Putumayo.

However, these are not the only cases, last week the Ecuadorian Manuel Antonio Jimenez was reportedly murdered in Puerto Asis, and their families also blame the Colombian army.

http://www.ciudadaniainformada.com/index.php?id=noticias_politica_ecuador&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=382&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2&cHash=3a4ba245f3

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Ecuador investigates death of another national Colombian military
ABN 27/03/2008
Ecuador

Quito, Mar 27. ABN .- The Ombudsman's Office of Ecuador investigates today the death of Jose Fernando Lopez Munoz Quiroz tortured and then shot dead by soldiers of the Armed Forces of Colombia, brought their families who sued a research on the authorities of this country, reported Press America.

Notes the news release that such a complaint joins others registered at the border between the two nations.

Lopez Quiroz's mother, reported that the crime occurred on March 13 when his last child was working on a farm in the area of Putumayo, the Colombian side.

The Ombudsman, Claudio Mueckay confirmed investigating this fact, following the complaint lodged by relatives of the victim.

In addition to this crime, other relatives claimed support for the national government to see that justice is done and is accused the army of Colombia for the death of Manuel Antonio Jimenez, a pharmacist who lived in the neighbouring village of Puerto Nuevo.

Jimenez, as stated by its neighbours, was in the area of Puerto Asis, on the other side of the border, pay a debt when he was arrested and killed by Colombian troops.

In this and other cases, Bogota said that it is guerrilla and people who have some link with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is belied by relatives or acquaintances of the victims.

These complaints are recorded following the breaking of diplomatic relations between Ecuador and Colombia for the bombing of a clandestine FARC camp in the neighbouring territory by military troops.

In addition, as an aggravating death in the attack of an Ecuadorian Aisalia Franklin, which was considered by the Chancellor of the country, Maria Isabel Salvador, as an "illegitimate act within an illegitimate act '.

It broke national sovereignty and the rights of a citizen, asserted in announcing that the case will in the hands of the Organization of American States (OAS).

Salvador also rejected an early resumption of bilateral ties, while Colombia does not offer clear signals and leave aside their lies and aggression against Ecuador.

http://www.abn.info.ve/go_news5.php?articulo=126024

Google translation tool:
http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=es|en

[AlphaCentauri]

3. our "free press" is so efficient spreading half truths n/t