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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><strong><b><font
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</span></font></b></strong><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>November 2007<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=5 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
color:red'>CISPES ACTION ALERT</span></font></b></strong><font size=5
color=red><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Salvadoran
Police and Military Repress Rural Community Working to Defend Water
Resources<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>Join CISPES and thousands more from November 16-18 at
the annual protest of the<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=310&Itemid=29">School
of the Americas</a></span></font>, the precursor to the Salvadoran ILEA<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>In the Salvadoran department of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Santa Ana</st1:City></st1:place>, residents of Cutumay Camones
have been peacefully resisting the illegal construction of a garbage dump
in their community for the past months. The resistance comes as the
construction of the dump will contaminate the only water source and create
a series of health problem for 10 communities who obtain their water from
this site. In August, the military and the police violently entered
the community and have remained since then as if their job was to protect
the interests of the private company.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>In the previous two months, the Environmental
Ministry was at fault for granting the private company Presys with the
construction permits they needed to build the dump despite their permit
application lacking required information. The application did not have an
adequate environmental impact report and was in violation of Article 25 of
the Environmental Law, which demands that the public be consulted on any
such project. Not only is the construction of the dump illegal, it is being
rejected by the community who was not consulted as the Environmental Law
dictates. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>On October 12, police attacked with tear
gas and rubber bullets, wounding many people. Then on October 25 the
community was victim of another violent attack by the riot police. While
the police and military remain in the area the community fears a military
intervention. Media footage of the repressive police actions has been
widely distributed, alerting the international community of these violent
attacks and revealing the excess force of the riot police acted. You can
see a </span></font><font size=2 color=navy><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:navy'><a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=305&Itemid=29">video
of the attack here</a>.</span></font><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Santa
Ana</st1:City></st1:place> mayor has threatened that if the community
maintains their resistance, the “riot police (UMO) will continue to
intervene.” Various social organizations, including the Water Workers
Union SETA, are aware of the threat the community is facing, and have
expressed their solidarity to the community by organizing a series of
actions to denounce the military and police repression. The people of
Cutumay Camones have pledged to continue their struggle to protect the
health of their families and their vital water source despite threats,
violent attacks, and a dirty campaign against community leaders,.
Some community leaders have begun a hunger strike and will be relieved by
others in the days to come. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>The <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>
government has a responsibility to speak out against US-trained riot police
who are targeting civilians in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The Salvadoran
government continues to bolster the repressive National Civil Police
through the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">US-sponsored</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Law</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Enforcement</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (ILEA). <b><i><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Your
action is critical in defending peaceful resistance, in solidarity with
those who are struggling to keep water accessible and public in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>
(see below)!</span></font></i></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><b><i><u><font
size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>Take Action!</span></font></u></i></b></em><em><b><i><u><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:black;font-weight:
bold;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></i></b></em></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1. Fax and email Minister of Security
Rene Figueroa to demand the immediate withdrawal of military and police
from the community Cutumay Camones. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>See
below for sample letter and contact information.</span></i></span></font><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>2. Call the State Department and
demand that the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region> government hold the Salvadoran
government accountable for these acts. <b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>Contact Jeremy Cornforth at the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> State Department’s <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>
desk at 202-647-3505.</span></i> </b>See below for sample script<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>3.</span></font></i></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Please join CISPES and thousands more
from November at the annual protest of the<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> <a href="http://www.soaw.org/article.php?id=1295">School
of the Americas</a></span></font>, the precursor to the Salvadoran ILEA. Find
out about the exciting events <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=310&Itemid=29">CISPES
is participating in at the SOA here.</a><b><i><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><font size=1
color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:navy'>-----------</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i><font
size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#333399;font-style:italic'>Sample letter to e-mail or fax to
Minister of Security Rene Figueroa and National Police Director Rodrigo
Avila<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Minister of Security Rene Figueroa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Fax: 011-503-2281-5959<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="mailto:carlos.bonilla@seguridad.gob.sv?subject=carlos.bonilla@seguridad.gob.sv">carlos.bonilla@seguridad.gob.sv</a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sr. Ministro de Seguridad Rene
Figueroa y Sr. Director de la Policía Rodrigo Ávila <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES-SV style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Conozco el caso de violencia policial en contra de los
habitantes de la comunidad Cutumay Camones quienes pacíficamente estaban
impidiendo la construcción de un basurero que contaminara la única fuente
de agua que abastece a 10 comunidades. Da lastima ver el retroceso que <st1:PersonName
ProductID="la Polic￭a Nacional" w:st="on">la Policía Nacional</st1:PersonName>
Civil esta teniendo con relación a los Acuerdos de Paz, ya que esta fue
creada para aplicar las leyes de la nación, no para reprimir junto con las
fuerzas armadas las resistencias pacificas de la población.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Si a puras penas estas
comunidades están sobreviviendo dentro de la situación económicamente
pésima en la que se vive en El Salvador lo último que los habitantes
necesitan es que se les contaminen su única fuente de agua y que después
sean obligados a comprar el vital líquido. Después de haber violado el
artículo 25 de <st1:PersonName ProductID="la Ley" w:st="on">la Ley</st1:PersonName>
del Medio Ambiente donde se establece que la población debe de ser
consultada en proyectos como ese, la única forma de expresión es la
resistencia pacifica.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>En vez de mantener su carácter
civil y de servicio a la población la policía salvadoreña se ha vuelto un
arma en contra de la sociedad civil perdiéndose cada día más la razón por
la que fue creada en los Acuerdos de Paz. Ahora defiende los intereses
privados de la compañía Presys y ataca violentamente con gases lacrimógenos
y balas de goma a la gente que tiene que por obligación proteger. Por lo
tanto le pido que retire de la comunidad a la policía y a las fuerzas
armadas, que la policía cumpla con su misión de proteger al pueblo
salvadoreño y que no vuelva a atacar ninguna otra resistencia pacifica como
la de Cutumay Camones. Finalmente pedimos que la policía deje de ser
entrenada en la ILEA debido a que el índice de represión por parte de la
policía a incrementado desde que están siendo entrenados en la academia.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Atentamente,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:
none'><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'>You can use the following
“script” to talk to Mr. Cornforth<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I’m
calling because I am very concerned about the police attack on the peaceful
protesters from the Cutumay Camones community who were resisting the construction
of a garbage dump which will contaminate their only water resource. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
Salvadoran police violently attacked the peaceful community resistance–
shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at close range – injuring
several residents within the community, and media correspondents. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
Salvadoran National Police reaction raises serious concerns on human rights
and the freedom of organization and expression. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
government has publicly supported the Salvadoran government in militarizing
and indoctrinating the Salvadoran police against its people including
supporting the approval of the anti-terrorism law in September 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It is
extremely important that the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> stand up for human rights
everywhere and not let peaceful resistance be criminalized in the name of a
fight against terrorism. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>For that reason
the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> should stop the
training of the Salvadoran police in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Law</st1:PlaceName>
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