JesúsSantrich &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:JesúsSantrich News and Views from the People's Struggle Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:57:28 +0000 https://i.snap.as/RZCOEKyz.png JesúsSantrich &mdash; Fight Back! News https://fightbacknews.org/tag:JesúsSantrich U.S.-backed commandos kill blind Colombian revolutionary leader https://fightbacknews.org/us-backed-commandos-kill-blind-colombian-revolutionary-leader?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Jesus Santrich On May 17, a U.S.-backed Colombian commando unit, acting like bounty hunters, illegally crossed into the Venezuelan state of Zulia to murder Colombian rebel leader Jesus Santrich. Like the criminal gangsters they are, the commandos cut off his left finger to verify his identity to claim the $1 million bounty cosponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Colombian President Ivan Duque. !--more-- One might be forced to ask the question: why would the U.S. and Colombian governments place a $1 million bounty for a dead-or-alive capture of a blind 55-year-old former peace negotiator who was in a small mountain town near the Colombia-Venezuela border? Jesus Santrich was a revolutionary fighter for national independence, peace with justice, and socialism. Given the history of the rule of a vicious oligarchy in Colombia long propped up by billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars, someone like Santrich was a marked man. A longtime member and leader with the revolutionary organization FARC-EP, Santrich played a role as a peace negotiator that secured the historic Peace Accords in 2016. As part of that deal with the Colombian government, the FARC-EP transformed from an armed guerrilla organization into a legal political party with a guaranteed ten seats in congress. Santrich was to fill one of those seats. However, despite Santrich’s being blinded by a deteriorating eye condition, the ultra-right Duque administration and U.S. imperialism considered him a threat in need of removal. He, and other revolutionaries, were a threat to the oligarchy, as he was a vocal proponent of the rights of the workers and peasants and criticized the government for not fulfilling their promises under the peace agreement. To prevent him from taking his legally guaranteed Congressional seat, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Colombian government cooked up drug charges with plans to extradite him to the United States. This operation was designed to undermine the peace agreement and impede the left’s participation in Colombian politics. This arrest violated the peace agreement - in particular, Transitory Article 19 of the Legislative Act 01 of 2017, which determines that the Colombian Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP) is the only competent authority to handle this matter, as none of the spurious accusations occurred anywhere but in Colombia. This indictment that was a frame-up by the DEA and the Colombian attorney general and used false evidence. There were videos that had been tampered with and they attempted to use the nephew of Iván Márquez as a snitch. Later it was found that the Colombian attorney general had failed to disclose that Santrich’s telephone was tapped and interceptions clearly showed that Santrich was not involved in drug trafficking and was working on projects for the peace process In fact, the DEA evidence revealed 24,000 recordings from illegal wiretapping of Santrich, most of which was the DEA and its informant, and some person impersonating FARC leader Ivan Marquez. Even with these blatantly obvious falsifications and lack of credible evidence, the U.S. government continued to push to have Santrich arrested and extradited. Santrich responded with a 40-day hunger strike that drew international attention to his case. Santrich would not have been the first Colombian revolutionary to be extradited to the U.S. on bogus charges. Simón Trinidad, now 70, has been languishing in the Florence, Colorado Supermax prison after having been extradited to the United States in 2004, convicted on trumped-up charges, and sentenced to 60 years. Many believe that if the Colombian government really wanted to show their commitment to the peace process, that it should begin efforts to achieve the repatriation of the Colombian hero Simón Trinidad. This action would engender enormous confidence in the flailing peace process. The JEP ruled that Santrich could not be extradited to the United States due to many irregularities in the case, including insufficient proof, and ordered his immediate release. Santrich was about to be released from La Picota prison when the Colombian attorney general had him re-arrested based on ‘new’ evidence provided by the United States to the Colombian attorney’s general’s office. Santrich was drugged by officials, reportedly tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrists when he heard that he was going to be extradited and was flown off in a helicopter to the attorney general’s jail called the Bunker. Santrich suffered a cardiac and pulmonary arrest and was hospitalized. The JEP prevailed and had Santrich released and began an in investigation of misconduct by the attorney general who issued the warrant and the U.S. DEA. The attorney general promptly resigned. This story can almost be seen as a microcosm of the peace process: the U.S. government, from Obama to Trump and now Biden, is financing and greenlighting the Duque government to undermine the congressionally approved Peace Accords. Since the signing in November 2016, the violent repression of Colombia’s social movements has been the worst in the world. Well over 1000 social leaders have been murdered and over 250 ex-FARC members have been killed in a clear sign that the government is not interested in peace. It is also painfully clear that, with the disarming of the FARC-EP, many of the left were exposed and made vulnerable. For these and many other reasons, Santrich, veteran leader Ivan Marquez, and many others left the FARC political party in August 2019 to re-form the FARC-EP as an armed revolutionary organization in the hopes of uniting with other guerrilla groups like the ELN and FARC dissidents who had never turned in their arms. For Santrich and many others, it was clear that the Colombian oligarchy and members of the government were not interested in pursuing peace. Instead, they continued their allegiance to their U.S. imperial masters. In a country that has historically suffered at the hands of brutally violent governments with full support and coordination from the U.S., Santrich and the Colombian people met a macabre spring. When a proposed tax hike sparked protests, Duque unleashed the police and military forces, resulting in over 50 people dead and over 600 disappeared. Just weeks later, at the frothing request of President Duque and the oligarchy attempting to tighten its waning grip on power, the Colombian Supreme Court re-issued the order to arrest of Jesus Santrich for extradition for the well-documented bogus drug charges. The JEP capitulated, stating that once Santrich re-entered armed conflict, he lost the benefits of transitional justice. The stage was set and Santrich knew it. The day before the ambush of rifle fire and grenades, the FARC-EP published Santrich’s comments about the gutless betrayal the Colombian elites in service of their imperial masters in the U.S. “In my view, all these sheep of neocolonialism should be ravaged. Let the devil come and choose.” It is clear that the Colombian oligarchy and U.S. imperialism needed Santrich dead in order to save face from the embarrassing corruption scandals between narco-financial elites and the DEA. Moreover, it continues to prop up two lies convenient for the maintenance of U.S. imperial power in South America: that the FARC are associated with drugs and that Venezuela harbors terrorists. For that, Colombia once again violated Venezuelan territorial sovereignty by conducting an illegal military operation inside its borders. In the last few years, Venezuelan intelligence has uncovered the clear connections between Bogota-Miami-Washington for the coordination of destabilization attempts through assassination attempts, criminal cartels and small-scale invasions. In their statement the day after the assassination, on May 18, the FARC-EP wrote, “Santrich died free, free how he wanted. Free dreaming of a New Colombia with complete peace with social justice, democracy and a life of dignity for Colombians.” #Colombia #JesúsSantrich #Americas div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Jesus Santrich

On May 17, a U.S.-backed Colombian commando unit, acting like bounty hunters, illegally crossed into the Venezuelan state of Zulia to murder Colombian rebel leader Jesus Santrich. Like the criminal gangsters they are, the commandos cut off his left finger to verify his identity to claim the $1 million bounty cosponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Colombian President Ivan Duque.

One might be forced to ask the question: why would the U.S. and Colombian governments place a $1 million bounty for a dead-or-alive capture of a blind 55-year-old former peace negotiator who was in a small mountain town near the Colombia-Venezuela border?

Jesus Santrich was a revolutionary fighter for national independence, peace with justice, and socialism. Given the history of the rule of a vicious oligarchy in Colombia long propped up by billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars, someone like Santrich was a marked man. A longtime member and leader with the revolutionary organization FARC-EP, Santrich played a role as a peace negotiator that secured the historic Peace Accords in 2016. As part of that deal with the Colombian government, the FARC-EP transformed from an armed guerrilla organization into a legal political party with a guaranteed ten seats in congress. Santrich was to fill one of those seats.

However, despite Santrich’s being blinded by a deteriorating eye condition, the ultra-right Duque administration and U.S. imperialism considered him a threat in need of removal. He, and other revolutionaries, were a threat to the oligarchy, as he was a vocal proponent of the rights of the workers and peasants and criticized the government for not fulfilling their promises under the peace agreement. To prevent him from taking his legally guaranteed Congressional seat, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Colombian government cooked up drug charges with plans to extradite him to the United States.

This operation was designed to undermine the peace agreement and impede the left’s participation in Colombian politics. This arrest violated the peace agreement – in particular, Transitory Article 19 of the Legislative Act 01 of 2017, which determines that the Colombian Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP) is the only competent authority to handle this matter, as none of the spurious accusations occurred anywhere but in Colombia.

This indictment that was a frame-up by the DEA and the Colombian attorney general and used false evidence. There were videos that had been tampered with and they attempted to use the nephew of Iván Márquez as a snitch. Later it was found that the Colombian attorney general had failed to disclose that Santrich’s telephone was tapped and interceptions clearly showed that Santrich was not involved in drug trafficking and was working on projects for the peace process

In fact, the DEA evidence revealed 24,000 recordings from illegal wiretapping of Santrich, most of which was the DEA and its informant, and some person impersonating FARC leader Ivan Marquez. Even with these blatantly obvious falsifications and lack of credible evidence, the U.S. government continued to push to have Santrich arrested and extradited. Santrich responded with a 40-day hunger strike that drew international attention to his case.

Santrich would not have been the first Colombian revolutionary to be extradited to the U.S. on bogus charges. Simón Trinidad, now 70, has been languishing in the Florence, Colorado Supermax prison after having been extradited to the United States in 2004, convicted on trumped-up charges, and sentenced to 60 years. Many believe that if the Colombian government really wanted to show their commitment to the peace process, that it should begin efforts to achieve the repatriation of the Colombian hero Simón Trinidad. This action would engender enormous confidence in the flailing peace process.

The JEP ruled that Santrich could not be extradited to the United States due to many irregularities in the case, including insufficient proof, and ordered his immediate release. Santrich was about to be released from La Picota prison when the Colombian attorney general had him re-arrested based on ‘new’ evidence provided by the United States to the Colombian attorney’s general’s office. Santrich was drugged by officials, reportedly tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrists when he heard that he was going to be extradited and was flown off in a helicopter to the attorney general’s jail called the Bunker. Santrich suffered a cardiac and pulmonary arrest and was hospitalized.

The JEP prevailed and had Santrich released and began an in investigation of misconduct by the attorney general who issued the warrant and the U.S. DEA. The attorney general promptly resigned.

This story can almost be seen as a microcosm of the peace process: the U.S. government, from Obama to Trump and now Biden, is financing and greenlighting the Duque government to undermine the congressionally approved Peace Accords. Since the signing in November 2016, the violent repression of Colombia’s social movements has been the worst in the world. Well over 1000 social leaders have been murdered and over 250 ex-FARC members have been killed in a clear sign that the government is not interested in peace.

It is also painfully clear that, with the disarming of the FARC-EP, many of the left were exposed and made vulnerable. For these and many other reasons, Santrich, veteran leader Ivan Marquez, and many others left the FARC political party in August 2019 to re-form the FARC-EP as an armed revolutionary organization in the hopes of uniting with other guerrilla groups like the ELN and FARC dissidents who had never turned in their arms.

For Santrich and many others, it was clear that the Colombian oligarchy and members of the government were not interested in pursuing peace. Instead, they continued their allegiance to their U.S. imperial masters.

In a country that has historically suffered at the hands of brutally violent governments with full support and coordination from the U.S., Santrich and the Colombian people met a macabre spring. When a proposed tax hike sparked protests, Duque unleashed the police and military forces, resulting in over 50 people dead and over 600 disappeared. Just weeks later, at the frothing request of President Duque and the oligarchy attempting to tighten its waning grip on power, the Colombian Supreme Court re-issued the order to arrest of Jesus Santrich for extradition for the well-documented bogus drug charges. The JEP capitulated, stating that once Santrich re-entered armed conflict, he lost the benefits of transitional justice.

The stage was set and Santrich knew it. The day before the ambush of rifle fire and grenades, the FARC-EP published Santrich’s comments about the gutless betrayal the Colombian elites in service of their imperial masters in the U.S. “In my view, all these sheep of neocolonialism should be ravaged. Let the devil come and choose.”

It is clear that the Colombian oligarchy and U.S. imperialism needed Santrich dead in order to save face from the embarrassing corruption scandals between narco-financial elites and the DEA. Moreover, it continues to prop up two lies convenient for the maintenance of U.S. imperial power in South America: that the FARC are associated with drugs and that Venezuela harbors terrorists. For that, Colombia once again violated Venezuelan territorial sovereignty by conducting an illegal military operation inside its borders. In the last few years, Venezuelan intelligence has uncovered the clear connections between Bogota-Miami-Washington for the coordination of destabilization attempts through assassination attempts, criminal cartels and small-scale invasions.

In their statement the day after the assassination, on May 18, the FARC-EP wrote, “Santrich died free, free how he wanted. Free dreaming of a New Colombia with complete peace with social justice, democracy and a life of dignity for Colombians.”

#Colombia #JesúsSantrich #Americas

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/us-backed-commandos-kill-blind-colombian-revolutionary-leader Fri, 28 May 2021 13:47:27 +0000 FRSO denuncia el arresto ilegal del negociador por la paz colombiano, Jesus Santrich, y demanda su liberación inmediata. https://fightbacknews.org/frso-denuncia-el-arresto-ilegal-del-negociador-por-la-paz-colombiano-jesus-santrich-y-dema?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Jesus Santrich. Jesús Santrich, ex-negociador por la paz de las FARC-EP, poeta, pintor, músico, y una voz popular para la paz ha sido re-encarcelado con el uso de un cargo por drogas inventado que proviene de la corte del Distrito Sur de Nueva York. Los cargos son ampliamente percibidos como un intento por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, en colaboración con sectores de la oligarquía colombiana, para descarrilar el acuerdo de paz entre las FARC-EP y el gobierno colombiano. !--more-- La Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP - una corte que fue instituida por el acuerdo de la paz colombiano) falló que Santrich no puede ser extraditado a los Estados Unidos debido a todas la irregularidades en el caso, incluyendo el carecer de pruebas suficientes, y ordenó su inmediata excarcelación. Santrich estaba apunto de ser liberado de la cárcel llamada La Picota cuando el fiscal general colombiano mandó a que fuera arrestado de nuevo basado en “nueva” evidencia provista por los Estados Unidos a la Fiscalía General de Colombia. Santrich fue drogado por oficiales, según se informa el trató de cometer suicidio cortándose las venas de sus muñecas cuando escucho de que iba ser extraditado y fue llevado en helicóptero a la cárcel de la fiscalía general conocido como el “bunker.” Santrich sufrió un paro cardiaco y pulmonar y se encuentra en un estado delicado en un hospital. Este arresto vienen en un tiempo cuando el acuerdo de paz, después de casi 500 líderes sociales y 130 ex-guerrilleros hayan sido asesinados por paramilitares de la ultra-derecha, esta apunto de colapsar. Además de los asesinatos, el gobierno ha fracasado en cumplir sus obligaciones bajo el acuerdo de paz de invertir en los sectores sociales, proteger a los líderes políticos y sociales, y excarcelar a los prisioneros políticos, entre otras cuestiones. La orden de liberar a Santrich, por la JEP, dio una apariencia momentánea de que el tratado de paz tenía un poco de vida, pero esta ilusión colapsó con el re-arresto de Santrich. Iván Márquez, ex-jefe negociador de las FARC-EP en los Diálogos de paz de la Habana, mandó un mensaje al pueblo de Colombia. “El mundo fue testigo de la indignante burla de la liberación y recaptura inmediata de Santrich por la Fiscalía. Con su sucia actitud la Fiscalía, el uribismo \[las políticas del ex-presidente Álvaro Uribe\] y la embajada gringa le han extendido la más triste carta de defunción a la Paz.” Lo Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad demanda la excarcelación inmediata de Jesús Santrich y demanda que las autoridades colombianas tomen todas las medidas necesarias para proteger su vida y bienestar. La Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad a la vez demanda que el gobierno colombiano cumpla sus obligaciones bajo los acuerdos de paz y que el gobierno de los Estados Unidos cese su injerencia en los asuntos internos de Colombia. ¡Santrich libre! #UnitedStates #Colombia #FARCEP #Americas #PeoplesStruggles #JesúsSantrich div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Jesus Santrich.

Jesús Santrich, ex-negociador por la paz de las FARC-EP, poeta, pintor, músico, y una voz popular para la paz ha sido re-encarcelado con el uso de un cargo por drogas inventado que proviene de la corte del Distrito Sur de Nueva York. Los cargos son ampliamente percibidos como un intento por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, en colaboración con sectores de la oligarquía colombiana, para descarrilar el acuerdo de paz entre las FARC-EP y el gobierno colombiano.

La Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP – una corte que fue instituida por el acuerdo de la paz colombiano) falló que Santrich no puede ser extraditado a los Estados Unidos debido a todas la irregularidades en el caso, incluyendo el carecer de pruebas suficientes, y ordenó su inmediata excarcelación. Santrich estaba apunto de ser liberado de la cárcel llamada La Picota cuando el fiscal general colombiano mandó a que fuera arrestado de nuevo basado en “nueva” evidencia provista por los Estados Unidos a la Fiscalía General de Colombia. Santrich fue drogado por oficiales, según se informa el trató de cometer suicidio cortándose las venas de sus muñecas cuando escucho de que iba ser extraditado y fue llevado en helicóptero a la cárcel de la fiscalía general conocido como el “bunker.” Santrich sufrió un paro cardiaco y pulmonar y se encuentra en un estado delicado en un hospital.

Este arresto vienen en un tiempo cuando el acuerdo de paz, después de casi 500 líderes sociales y 130 ex-guerrilleros hayan sido asesinados por paramilitares de la ultra-derecha, esta apunto de colapsar. Además de los asesinatos, el gobierno ha fracasado en cumplir sus obligaciones bajo el acuerdo de paz de invertir en los sectores sociales, proteger a los líderes políticos y sociales, y excarcelar a los prisioneros políticos, entre otras cuestiones. La orden de liberar a Santrich, por la JEP, dio una apariencia momentánea de que el tratado de paz tenía un poco de vida, pero esta ilusión colapsó con el re-arresto de Santrich.

Iván Márquez, ex-jefe negociador de las FARC-EP en los Diálogos de paz de la Habana, mandó un mensaje al pueblo de Colombia. “El mundo fue testigo de la indignante burla de la liberación y recaptura inmediata de Santrich por la Fiscalía. Con su sucia actitud la Fiscalía, el uribismo [las políticas del ex-presidente Álvaro Uribe] y la embajada gringa le han extendido la más triste carta de defunción a la Paz.”

Lo Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad demanda la excarcelación inmediata de Jesús Santrich y demanda que las autoridades colombianas tomen todas las medidas necesarias para proteger su vida y bienestar. La Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad a la vez demanda que el gobierno colombiano cumpla sus obligaciones bajo los acuerdos de paz y que el gobierno de los Estados Unidos cese su injerencia en los asuntos internos de Colombia.

¡Santrich libre!

#UnitedStates #Colombia #FARCEP #Americas #PeoplesStruggles #JesúsSantrich

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/frso-denuncia-el-arresto-ilegal-del-negociador-por-la-paz-colombiano-jesus-santrich-y-dema Tue, 21 May 2019 16:04:12 +0000 FRSO denounces the illegal arrest of Colombian peace negotiator Jesus Santrich, demands his immediate liberation https://fightbacknews.org/frso-denounces-illegal-arrest-colombian-peace-negotiator-jesus-santrich-demands-his-immedi?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Jesus Santrich Jesus Santrich, former peace negotiator for the FARC-EP, poet, painter, musician and a popular voice for peace, has been re-arrested on a trumped-up drug charge out of the Southern District of New York. The charges are largely seen as an attempt by the United States, in league with sectors of the Colombian oligarchy, to derail the peace accord between the FARC-EP and the Colombian government. !--more-- The Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP – a court that was instituted by the Colombian Peace Agreement) ruled that Santrich could not be extradited to the United States due to many irregularities in the case, including insufficient proof, and ordered his immediate release. Santrich was about to be released from La Picota prison when the Colombian Attorney General had him re- arrested based on ‘new’ evidence provided by the United States to the Colombian Attorney’s General’s Office. Santrich was drugged by officials, reportedly tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrists when he heard that he was going to be extradited and was flown off in a helicopter to the attorney general’s jail called the “Bunker.” Santrich suffered a cardiac and pulmonary arrest and is in a delicate state in a hospital. This arrest comes at a time when the peace agreement, after nearly 500 social leaders and 130 ex-guerrillas have been assassinated by right-wing paramilitary forces, has been near collapse. As well as the assassination, the government has failed to carry out its obligations under the peace accord to invest in social sectors, protect political and social leaders, and to release political prisoners, among other issues. With the order from the JEP releasing Santrich, it momentarily appeared that the peace agreement had some life, but this illusion came crashing down with the re-arrest of Santrich. Ivan Marquez, former lead negotiator for the FARC-EP at the Havana Peace Dialogues, sent a message to the people of Colombia. “The world is a witness to the indignant insult of the liberation and the recapture of Santrich by the Attorney General. With this dirty attitude the Prosecution, Uribism \[the politics of former fascist president Uribe\], and the embassy of the gringos have handed out the saddest death certificate for Peace.” Freedom Road Socialist Organization demands the immediate release of Jesus Santrich and demands that the Colombian authorities take all necessary measures to protect his life and well-being. Freedom Road Socialist Organization further demands that the Colombian government fulfill its obligations under the peace accords and that the United States government cease its interference into the internal affairs of Colombia. Santrich libre! #UnitedStates #FARCEP #Colombia #PeoplesStruggles #JesúsSantrich #Americas div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Jesus Santrich

Jesus Santrich, former peace negotiator for the FARC-EP, poet, painter, musician and a popular voice for peace, has been re-arrested on a trumped-up drug charge out of the Southern District of New York. The charges are largely seen as an attempt by the United States, in league with sectors of the Colombian oligarchy, to derail the peace accord between the FARC-EP and the Colombian government.

The Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP – a court that was instituted by the Colombian Peace Agreement) ruled that Santrich could not be extradited to the United States due to many irregularities in the case, including insufficient proof, and ordered his immediate release. Santrich was about to be released from La Picota prison when the Colombian Attorney General had him re- arrested based on ‘new’ evidence provided by the United States to the Colombian Attorney’s General’s Office. Santrich was drugged by officials, reportedly tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrists when he heard that he was going to be extradited and was flown off in a helicopter to the attorney general’s jail called the “Bunker.” Santrich suffered a cardiac and pulmonary arrest and is in a delicate state in a hospital.

This arrest comes at a time when the peace agreement, after nearly 500 social leaders and 130 ex-guerrillas have been assassinated by right-wing paramilitary forces, has been near collapse. As well as the assassination, the government has failed to carry out its obligations under the peace accord to invest in social sectors, protect political and social leaders, and to release political prisoners, among other issues. With the order from the JEP releasing Santrich, it momentarily appeared that the peace agreement had some life, but this illusion came crashing down with the re-arrest of Santrich.

Ivan Marquez, former lead negotiator for the FARC-EP at the Havana Peace Dialogues, sent a message to the people of Colombia. “The world is a witness to the indignant insult of the liberation and the recapture of Santrich by the Attorney General. With this dirty attitude the Prosecution, Uribism [the politics of former fascist president Uribe], and the embassy of the gringos have handed out the saddest death certificate for Peace.”

Freedom Road Socialist Organization demands the immediate release of Jesus Santrich and demands that the Colombian authorities take all necessary measures to protect his life and well-being. Freedom Road Socialist Organization further demands that the Colombian government fulfill its obligations under the peace accords and that the United States government cease its interference into the internal affairs of Colombia.

Santrich libre!

#UnitedStates #FARCEP #Colombia #PeoplesStruggles #JesúsSantrich #Americas

]]> https://fightbacknews.org/frso-denounces-illegal-arrest-colombian-peace-negotiator-jesus-santrich-demands-his-immedi Mon, 20 May 2019 14:26:33 +0000 ¡Solidaridad con Colombia!: ¡Libertad para Jesús Santrich! https://fightbacknews.org/libertad-para-jes-s-santrich?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[¡Implementar el acuerdo de paz! Jesús Santrich La Organización Socialista del Camino para la Libertad (FRSO) exige la libertad inmediata de el negociador de la paz colombiano Jesús Santrich, quien está bajo arresto por una solicitud de extradición de los E.E.U.U. !--more-- Santrich fue un negociador importante en las negociaciones para la paz en La Habana, Cuba. Él es presentemente una figura clave de el nuevo formado, legalmente constituido, partido Fuerza Alternativa Revolucionaria del Común (FARC). El arresto de Santrich amenaza hacer descarrilar, y hasta destruir, los acuerdos de paz colombiano que se ratificaron en el 2016. Santrich es la víctima de un operativo encubierto de la Administración para el Control de Drogas de E.E.U.U. en colusión con el fiscal del pueblo colombiano, quien es un enemigo conocido de los acuerdos de paz para Colombia. Santrich, el negociador por la paz, fue implicado falsamente en un caso de drogas inventado. Se debería recordar que los E.E.U.U. ha repetidamente usado el ‘sistema de justicia’ para atacar a la izquierda colombiana. Simón Trinidad fue extraditado a los E.E.U.U. en el 2004 por cargos falsos y sigue encarcelado en la prisión Florence Supermax en Colorado en condiciones infrahumanas. Santrich estaba a punto de asumir su posición en el congreso, junto con unos colegas, cuando fue arrestado. Es claro que este operativo fue diseñado para socavar los acuerdos de paz e impedir la participación de la izquierda en la política colombiana. Este arresto claramente viola los acuerdos de paz y en particular el artículo transitorio 19.º del Acto Legislativo № 1 de 2017, cual determina que la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) es la única autoridad competente para encargarse de este tema, ya que ninguna de las acusaciones espurias ocurrieron fuera de Colombia. Jesús Santrich continúa su huelga de hambre para protestar su arresto y extradición. Su salud se está deteriorando rápidamente. El gobierno colombiano no ha cumplido sus promesas bajo los acuerdos de paz. Se estima que solo ha cumplido con el 18% de sus obligaciones bajo estos acuerdos importantes. Hay más de 600 presos políticos que se les debía haber liberado en el 2017 conforme a la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz. El gobierno colombiano prometió invertir en programas para la reincorporación social de los ex-guerrilleros, pero estas promesas siguen incumplidas. La Organización Socialista del Camino para la Libertad exige al gobierno de los E.E.U.U. que pare de interferir en los asuntos internos de Colombia y a cancelar la solicitud de extradición por Santrich. FRSO también exige al gobierno colombiano a liberar a Jesús Santrich y a cumplir sus obligaciones bajo los acuerdos de paz. Estas acciones son necesarias para la paz en América. #Colombia #FARC #FreedomRoadSocialistOrganization #JesúsSantrich #Americas div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> ¡Implementar el acuerdo de paz!

Jesús Santrich

La Organización Socialista del Camino para la Libertad (FRSO) exige la libertad inmediata de el negociador de la paz colombiano Jesús Santrich, quien está bajo arresto por una solicitud de extradición de los E.E.U.U.

Santrich fue un negociador importante en las negociaciones para la paz en La Habana, Cuba. Él es presentemente una figura clave de el nuevo formado, legalmente constituido, partido Fuerza Alternativa Revolucionaria del Común (FARC). El arresto de Santrich amenaza hacer descarrilar, y hasta destruir, los acuerdos de paz colombiano que se ratificaron en el 2016.

Santrich es la víctima de un operativo encubierto de la Administración para el Control de Drogas de E.E.U.U. en colusión con el fiscal del pueblo colombiano, quien es un enemigo conocido de los acuerdos de paz para Colombia. Santrich, el negociador por la paz, fue implicado falsamente en un caso de drogas inventado. Se debería recordar que los E.E.U.U. ha repetidamente usado el ‘sistema de justicia’ para atacar a la izquierda colombiana. Simón Trinidad fue extraditado a los E.E.U.U. en el 2004 por cargos falsos y sigue encarcelado en la prisión Florence Supermax en Colorado en condiciones infrahumanas.

Santrich estaba a punto de asumir su posición en el congreso, junto con unos colegas, cuando fue arrestado. Es claro que este operativo fue diseñado para socavar los acuerdos de paz e impedir la participación de la izquierda en la política colombiana. Este arresto claramente viola los acuerdos de paz y en particular el artículo transitorio 19.º del Acto Legislativo № 1 de 2017, cual determina que la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) es la única autoridad competente para encargarse de este tema, ya que ninguna de las acusaciones espurias ocurrieron fuera de Colombia.

Jesús Santrich continúa su huelga de hambre para protestar su arresto y extradición. Su salud se está deteriorando rápidamente.

El gobierno colombiano no ha cumplido sus promesas bajo los acuerdos de paz. Se estima que solo ha cumplido con el 18% de sus obligaciones bajo estos acuerdos importantes. Hay más de 600 presos políticos que se les debía haber liberado en el 2017 conforme a la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz. El gobierno colombiano prometió invertir en programas para la reincorporación social de los ex-guerrilleros, pero estas promesas siguen incumplidas.

La Organización Socialista del Camino para la Libertad exige al gobierno de los E.E.U.U. que pare de interferir en los asuntos internos de Colombia y a cancelar la solicitud de extradición por Santrich. FRSO también exige al gobierno colombiano a liberar a Jesús Santrich y a cumplir sus obligaciones bajo los acuerdos de paz. Estas acciones son necesarias para la paz en América.

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]]> https://fightbacknews.org/libertad-para-jes-s-santrich Wed, 02 May 2018 20:06:42 +0000 Solidarity with Colombia! : Freedom for Jesus Santrich! https://fightbacknews.org/freedom-jesus-santrich?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Implement the Peace Agreement! Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) calls for the immediate release of Colombian peace negotiator Jesús Santrich, who is under arrest pursuant to an extradition request from the U.S. !--more-- Santrich was an important negotiator in the Colombian peace negotiations in Havana, Cuba. He is currently a key figure in the newly formed, legally constituted, party Fuerza Alternative del Común (FARC). The arrest of Santrich threatens to derail, or even destroy, the Colombian peace agreement that was concluded in 2016. Santrich is the victim of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency ‘sting’ operation with the collusion of the Colombian Attorney General, who is a known enemy of the Colombian peace agreement. Santrich, the peace negotiator, is falsely implicated in a trumped up drug case. It should be remembered that the U.S. has repeatedly used the ‘justice system’ to attack the Colombian left. Simón Trinidad was extradited to the U.S. in 2004 on false charges and remains in prison at the Florence Supermax in Colorado under inhuman conditions. Santrich was about to take his congressional seat, along with several of his colleagues, when he was arrested. It is clear that this operation was designed to undermine the peace agreement and impede the left’s participation in Colombian politics. This arrest clearly violates the peace agreement and in particular Transitory Article 19 of the Legislative Act 01 of 2017, which determines that the Colombian Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP) is the only competent authority to handle this matter, as none of the spurious accusations occurred anywhere but in Colombia. Jesús Santrich remains on an indefinite hunger strike to protest his arrest and extradition. HIs health is rapidly deteriorating. The Colombian government has not fulfilled its promises under the peace agreement. It is estimated that it has only complied with 18% of its obligations under this important agreement. There are over 600 political prisoners incarcerated who were due to be released in 2017 pursuant to the Special Peace Jurisdiction. The Colombian government promised to invest in programs for the social reincorporation of former guerrilla fighters, but these promises remain unfulfilled. Freedom Road Socialist Road Socialist Organization calls on the government of the U.S. to stop interfering in the internal affairs of Colombia and to cancel the extradition request for Santrich. FRSO also calls on the Colombian government to release Jesús Santrich and to comply with its obligations under the peace agreement. These actions are necessary for peace in the Americas. #UnitedStates #Colombia #FARC #JesúsSantrich #Americas div id="sharingbuttons.io"/div]]> Implement the Peace Agreement!

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) calls for the immediate release of Colombian peace negotiator Jesús Santrich, who is under arrest pursuant to an extradition request from the U.S.

Santrich was an important negotiator in the Colombian peace negotiations in Havana, Cuba. He is currently a key figure in the newly formed, legally constituted, party Fuerza Alternative del Común (FARC). The arrest of Santrich threatens to derail, or even destroy, the Colombian peace agreement that was concluded in 2016.

Santrich is the victim of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency ‘sting’ operation with the collusion of the Colombian Attorney General, who is a known enemy of the Colombian peace agreement. Santrich, the peace negotiator, is falsely implicated in a trumped up drug case. It should be remembered that the U.S. has repeatedly used the ‘justice system’ to attack the Colombian left. Simón Trinidad was extradited to the U.S. in 2004 on false charges and remains in prison at the Florence Supermax in Colorado under inhuman conditions.

Santrich was about to take his congressional seat, along with several of his colleagues, when he was arrested. It is clear that this operation was designed to undermine the peace agreement and impede the left’s participation in Colombian politics. This arrest clearly violates the peace agreement and in particular Transitory Article 19 of the Legislative Act 01 of 2017, which determines that the Colombian Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP) is the only competent authority to handle this matter, as none of the spurious accusations occurred anywhere but in Colombia.

Jesús Santrich remains on an indefinite hunger strike to protest his arrest and extradition. HIs health is rapidly deteriorating.

The Colombian government has not fulfilled its promises under the peace agreement. It is estimated that it has only complied with 18% of its obligations under this important agreement. There are over 600 political prisoners incarcerated who were due to be released in 2017 pursuant to the Special Peace Jurisdiction. The Colombian government promised to invest in programs for the social reincorporation of former guerrilla fighters, but these promises remain unfulfilled.

Freedom Road Socialist Road Socialist Organization calls on the government of the U.S. to stop interfering in the internal affairs of Colombia and to cancel the extradition request for Santrich. FRSO also calls on the Colombian government to release Jesús Santrich and to comply with its obligations under the peace agreement. These actions are necessary for peace in the Americas.

#UnitedStates #Colombia #FARC #JesúsSantrich #Americas

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