Colombian Militias Threaten New Leftist Movement
Caracas,
Tuesday
May 22,2012
Colombian Militias Threaten New Leftist Movement
BOGOTA – Leaders of a dozen organizations that are part of a new leftist political movement calling itself Marcha Patriotica have been threatened by right-wing paramilitaries, one of the people targeted said Monday.
A letter from the Aguilas Negras (Black Eagles) militia declared the Patriotic March activists a “military objective” and accused the group of being a stalking horse for armed rebels, the head of the Fensuagro agricultural union, Alirio Garcia, said.
The right-wing faction also labeled the Patriotic March members as remnants of Union Patriotica, an above-ground political party launched by the FARC guerillas in the 1980s.
Thousands of UP members were systematically killed by the security forces and paramilitaries.
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