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UPDATE AND ACTION AL<st1:PersonName w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>RT<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>December
21, 2009<i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Anti-Mining
Activist Ramiro Rivera Assassinated in Cabañas;<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:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Demand
an investigation and an end to the murders!</span></font></b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Ramiro Rivera Gómez, vice-president
of CAC (Comité Ambiental de Cabañas/ the Environmental Committee of Cabañas)
and a local leader in the community struggle against the environmentally-destructive
gold mining projects proposed by Pacific Rim, was assassinated on Sunday,
December 20, 2009 in the <st1:place w:st="on">Trinidad</st1:place>
neighborhood of Ilobasco, in the department of Cabañas where he lived.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Héctor Berríos <a
href="http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2266/1/">reports</a>
that Ramiro Rivera was killed by hitmen carrying M-16 rifles. Ramiro’s
thirteen-year old daughter who was with him on Sunday afternoon was also
injured but is reportedly in stable condition. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On
August 7 of this year, Ramiro Rivera was shot 8 times, but survived the
vicious attack. Oscar Menjívar, previously implicated in physical attacks
on anti-mining activists, was arrested and charged with Ramiro’s attempted
murder. Community members report that Menjívar had previously worked for
Canadian mining company Pacific Rim; <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>
denies that he has ever been an employee. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Since
his recovery, Mr. Rivera had been under the protection of two police
officers from the Witnesses and Victims Protection Unit of the National
Civilian Police. On the afternoon of December 20<sup>th</sup>, they were apparently
unable to protect him.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Since
June of 2009, when anti-mining and FMLN activist Marcelo Rivera (no relation
to Ramiro) was found tortured and killed in Cabañas, there have been continued
attacks, death threats and attempted kidnappings of community members and
activists who have vehemently opposed the proposed El Dorado gold mine. The
Ministry of Environment denied mining exploitation permits to <st1:place
w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>, a Vancouver-based mining company, which subsequently
announced a $77 million dollar lawsuit against the Salvadoran government
under CAFTA, the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (watch the Real
News video <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=637&Itemid=1">here</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Despite the overtly political
overtones of this wave of violence, local police authorities and the former
Attorney General's office have classified these cases as common crimes.
Salvadorans are fearful and outraged by the continued violence but also by
the inability or unwillingness of the police and the office of the Attorney
General to protect community activists like Ramiro Rivera and to halt the violence.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Join the international response to
this repression of anti-mining organizers in Cabañas TODAY. Call on the
Salvadoran authorities to carry out an exhaustive investigation of these
crimes and their motives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><u><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>SAMPLE <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>-MAIL</span></font></u><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman"'> (<st1:PersonName w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>nglish
translation below): </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Estimado Señor
Rodolfo Delgado:<br>
<br>
Como miembro de la comunidad internacional, quiero expresar mi profunda
preocupación por lo más reciente hecho de violencia contra un líder social
en Cabañas, el asesinato de Ramiro Rivera Gómez. Después de que él fue
baleado ocho veces en agosto del 2009, fue bajo la protección de la Unidad
de Protección de Víctimas y Testigos de la Policía Nacional Civil. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>El asesinato de
Ramiro Rivera parece otro hecho de violencia sistemático que ha traspasado
en Cabañas desde el junio de este año: el secuestro y brutal asesinato del
activista Gustavo Marcelo Rivera; las amenazas de muerte a periodistas de
Radio <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Victor</st1:PersonName>ia, al director de
la Asociación de Desarrollo <st1:PersonName w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>conómico
y Social Santa Marta (AD<st1:PersonName w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>S) y a
varios líderes comunitarios de Cabañas; el sabotaje al sistema electrónico
de Radio <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Victor</st1:PersonName>ia; y los
intentos de asesinato de los líderes comunitarios, Padre Luis Quintanilla y
Ramiro Rivera.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Considero que
existen suficientes evidencias para presumir que el asesinato de Ramiro
Rivera y los demás crímenes están relacionados y forman parte de una
campaña para intimidar a las organizaciones sociales en Cabañas. <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>s preocupante que la Fiscalía, bajo la
dirección de Ástor Escalante, adjudicó <i><span style='font-style:italic'>a
priori</span></i> estos crímenes a la violencia común, ignorando las
evidencias y antecedentes presentados que indican la naturaleza política de
los eventos. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Por lo tanto como
miembro de la comunidad internacional, hago un llamado para que ahora bajo
la dirección del nuevo Fiscal General de la República Romeo Barahona, la
Fiscalía realice una investigación imparcial, exhaustiva y efectiva en el
caso del asesinato de Ramiro Rivera y de todos estos casos, para dar a
conocer a los autores intelectuales y materiales de estos crímenes y
garantizar así la protección de los líderes sociales en la región de forma
verdadera. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Después del
asesinato de Marcelo Rivera en junio, más de cien organizaciones de los Estados
Unidos y Canadá mandaron una carta a la Fiscalía expresando su preocupación
grave con los atropellos a los derechos humanos. También el Congresista Jim
McGovern de los Estados Unidos expresó la misma preocupación en reuniones
con el Señor Fiscal General, Romeo Barahona, y representantes de la
Administración del Señor Presidente Mauricio Funes, durante su visita
reciente a El Salvador. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>También le estoy
mandando una copia de este mensaje al señor Procurador para la Defensa de
los Derechos Humanos, licenciado Oscar Humberto Luna, quien ha mostrado un
compromiso fuerte para proteger la seguridad y los derechos humanos de los líderes
sociales en Cabañas. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>De quedar estos
eventos en la impunidad, se estaría generando un clima de temor e
incertidumbre para los demás líderes comunitarios, contrarrestando así los
avances logrados en el proceso de democratización del país.<br>
<br>
Agradezco de antemano sus gestiones para agilizar las investigaciones y
espero que pronto se haga justicia en estos casos y se brinde protección a
las víctimas y reparación a los familiares de Ramiro.<br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>[Tu nombre/ Your
name]<br>
<br>
___________________<br>
<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Translation of Email:</span></i><br>
<br>
As a member of the international community, I want to express my profound
concern about the most recent act of violence toward a community leader in
Cabañas: the assassination of Ramiro Rivera Gómez. After being shot eight
times in August, Mr. Rivera was under the protection of the Victims and
Witnesses Protection Unit of the National Civilian Police. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The assassination of Ramiro Rivera appears
to be another systematic act of violence that has occurred in Cabañas since
June of this year: the kidnapping and brutal assassination of the activist
Gustavo Marcelo Rivera; the death threats against journalists at Radio <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Victor</st1:PersonName>ia, the director of the Association for
Social and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>conomic Development
(AD<st1:PersonName w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>S) and other community
leaders in Cabañas; the sabotage of the broadcasting equipment at Radio <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Victor</st1:PersonName>ia; and the assassination attempt against
the community leaders Father Luis Quintanilla and Ramiro Rivera.<br>
<br>
I believe there is sufficient evidence to assume that Ramiro Rivera's
murder and the other crimes are linked and part of a campaign to intimidate
community organizations in Cabañas. It is alarming that the Attorney
General’s Office under the direction of former acting Attorney
General Ástor Escalante attributed these crimes to common violence,
ignoring the evidence and antecedents that indicate the political nature of
these events.<br>
<br>
Therefore as a member of the international community, I now call on the
Attorney General’s Office under the leadership of new Attorney
General Romeo Barahona to carry out impartial, exhaustive and effective
investigations of the assassination of Ramiro Rivera and all of these
crimes in order to bring to justice the intellectual and material authors
of these crimes and guarantee the protection of other community leaders in
the region. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>After the assassination of Marcelo
Rivera in June, over 100 organizations in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>
sent a letter to the Attorney General’s office expressing their
serious concern about the human rights abuses. Representative Jim McGovern
of the U.S. Congress expressed the same concern in his meetings with Mr. Attorney
General Romeo Barahona and with representatives of the administration of
Mr. President Mauricio Funes during his recent visit to <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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to the Human Rights Ombudsman, Mr. Oscar Luna, who has shown a strong
commitment to protect the security and human rights of social movement leaders
in Cabañas. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Leaving these crimes in a state of
impunity creates a climate of fear and uncertainty for the rest of the
community leaders, undermining the advances in the democratic process in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PersonName w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>l
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br>
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I thank you in advance for your efforts to speed up the investigations and
I hope that there will soon be justice in these cases and that the victims'
lives will be protected and Ramiro’s family will be compensated for
their loss.<br>
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