For those Disappeared, Displaced, Massacred, & Executed.

In Colombia nearly 4 million persons have been displaced, most by illegal paramilitaries.
These vigilante groups, often collaborating with Colombia’s military, have “disappeared”
more than 15,000 persons and buried them in mass graves or thrown their bodies into rivers.
They have murdered more than 1,700 indigenous peoples, 2,500 union members and
nearly 5,000 members of the Union Patriotica movement, besides forcing tens of thousands of
Afro-Colombians and peasants from their lands. Routinely victims are tortured before being killed.
Between 1982 and 2005 paramilitaries carried out more than 3,500 massacres and stole more
than 12 million acres of land. Since 2002, after their supposed “demobilization”, Colombians are still
dying. Paramilitaries have murdered more than 600 persons per year, and gained control of 35% of
Congressional posts. Members of the Colombian army, which receives millions of dollars from the US
Government, have since 2002 committed more than 950 execution-style murderers, often camoufl aging their
victims as guerrillas. Many paramilitary groups have not disbanded, calling themselves “Black Eagles.”
On March 6, join us to accompany the victims of the Paramilitaries, the Parapoliticians and Agents of the state!
No more Common Graves. No more Forced Displacement.
No more Paramilitaries. No more Parapoliticians.
No more crimes by the State.
No more US military aid to Colombia.
March 6, 2008 • Come Join our Vigil
Colombia Support Network • www.colombiasupport.net
Social and Human Rights Organizations of Colombia Movement of Victims of State Crimes (MOVICE)