Colombia's opposition threatened with 'systematic extermination'
by Adriaan Alsema October 26, 2020
A pamphlet signed by paramilitary group AGC vowed the “systematic extermination” of supporters of one the most popular political opponents of far-right President Ivan Duque‘s.
The pamphlet that was spread in the northern La Guajira province on Friday followed a number of assassinations of regional organizers of progressive Senator Gustavo Petro, the runner up in the 2018 elections.
This month alone, four activists of Petro’s political movement have been assassinated in what at best appears to be a terror campaign to impede the opposition leader from organizing a bid for the 2022 elections.
La Guajira is one of the electoral strongholds of one of Duque’s most vociferous critics, who said on Twitter he would hold the president responsible if anything were to happen with his activists in Guajira.
The general command of the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia would like to inform the public opinion of the province of La Guajira that we have ordered, as an armed response to the various acts of political activism by communist factions, the systematic extermination of each and every one of their activists. In order to comply with the directives of the general staff, we will begin with military actions to achieve our objectives and eliminate this communist left that is hurting us so much. We will begin the extermination process with the communists of Colombia Humana.
AGC
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never known before, to show special contempt for the victim. Beyond belief.
The right-wing violence specialists doing the terrorism for right-wing Colombian administrations has continued without missing a beat, regardless of what has been passed as official "news" about each administration, and its "successes."
Proven to be the secret arm of the Colombian military, and Colombian right-wing politiicians, they have always handled the atrocities so vile no one could afford to be publicly connected with them, as they attempt to totally eliminate every bit of dissent in the country permanently.
The people who dare to speak out against the racist, sexist oligarchy have always been heroes, not criminals.
The "wet work" specialists have always been monsters, and over time, hardly ANY one of them has EVER been pursued legally for his criminality. In the recent past, they have also used chainsaws to publicly execute special targets public, in order to leave vivid visual imagery meant to terrorize Colombian citizens into such traumatized conditions they finally are paralyzed with fear, and incapable of moving or speaking against the state.
Burning a book on the body of a tortured and beaten intellectual is most surely straight from hell. Be sure the perpetrators will NEVER be brought to justice.
It's important to know these things are happening. They should be unforgettable, and mentioned to people who live in blissful ignorance about the government our own government has poured over 11 billion US taxpayers' dollars into since 2000. People who have followed Colombian events known Donald Trump has pressured Colombia to terminate its peace treaty with the Colombian rebels so desperately needed by the people after all these years of suffering. Donald wants conditions to deteriorate to a more savage state in Colombia.
There's no way to explain that gross gibberish away. Maybe she's an overgrown baby and thinks people will giggle when she says something shocking. It's time to awaken the ugly princess.
The Ford Falcon: Death-mobile Oct
27
by mikulpepper
“It was a death-mobile, the embodiment of terror. Whenever a Falcon drove by we knew there would be kidnappings, disappearance, torture, murder.”
Eduardo Pavlovsky
The Ford Falcon design team was led by Robert McNamara who wanted a new Model-T — a car that was inexpensive and reliable. In 1960, before he left for the Kennedy White House, McNamara saw his car in production. Two of the new cars were shipped to Argentina in 1961 as exemplars for local manufacture.
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By 1973, the Argentinean Falcon was almost entirely made in that country, only 26 of more than 3000 parts had to be imported, and the car had undergone several design makeovers, distinguishing it from the US model. It is the best-selling car in Argentina’s history. But internal tensions were building in Argentina and, in 1976, military forces seized power.
Police checking their weapons outside their Falcon,
circa 1978
“It’s not the Falcon’s fault. The police probably just needed a car that didn’t break down, so they got Falcons,” says Alejandro Hernandez. The regular police got Falcons painted in regular police black and white, but the secret police and the paramilitary organizations tended to prefer dark green vehicles. Soon, the sight of a green falcon was enough to frighten every Argentinean who saw it.
The paramilitary units had been operating for several years before the 1976 coup. They kidnapped, tortured, and murdered labor leaders, journalists, and anyone else deemed a subversive. Most active opposition to the junta was murdered at the beginning of the coup, then the police went after anyone they wished. Thirty thousand people simply disappeared during the period of The Dirty War, 1976 -1983.
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https://shrineodreams.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/the-ford-falcon-death-mobile/
This article indicates that before this nightmare ended, union auto workers who produced Ford Falcons in Argentina were determined to be "enemies" of the state, and were, themselves, hauled away to oblivion, too!
Good god almighty.
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Sandensea, I heard about these cars of death years ago and could never forget about them ever since. There's nothing on earth which compares to a deadly, determined fascist dictatorship. What a shame it is knowing that in ALL the countries where fascists have had dictatorship already, the dictatorship people and their offspring, and their cohorts continued to live on to keep their dingy, dirty fires going year in, year out. It appears they are never really gone, only glimmering away in the shadows, ready to leap back to light as soon as another lunatic decides its time to start it all over again, people like Macri, Bolsonaro, Trump, etc.
Let's hope they never get the level of support behind them they crave.
Patricia de Ferrari should move into the Falcon of Death driver's seat and pick up Argentina's former Macri Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, who could use a designated driver.
