US embassy cable - 04BOGOTA11756

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CSJ DETERMINES ARAUCA CASE TO BE HANDLED BY CIVILIAN JUDICIARY

Identifier: 04BOGOTA11756
Wikileaks: View 04BOGOTA11756 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bogota
Created: 2004-11-02 18:31:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PHUM ELAB PINR PTER PGOV ETRD KJUS CO
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS BOGOTA 011756 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PLEASE PASS TO USTR - CLATANOFF 
LABOR FOR ILAB - JORGE PEREZ-LOPEZ 
GENEVA FOR CHAMBERLIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, ELAB, PINR, PTER, PGOV, ETRD, KJUS, CO 
SUBJECT: CSJ DETERMINES ARAUCA CASE TO BE HANDLED BY 
CIVILIAN JUDICIARY 
 
REF: A. BOGOTA 8193 
 
     B. BOGOTA 7901 
     C. BOGOTA 4633 
 
1. On November 11, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary (CSJ) 
determined that the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") 
will maintain control of and continue to investigate the 
August 5 deaths of three trade unionists killed in Saravena, 
Arauca Department, by members of the Colombian Army's 18th 
Brigade. 
 
2. The ruling officially grants jurisdiction over the case to 
the civilian justice system, removing any possibility that 
the case will be investigated exclusively by the military 
itself.  Post will continue to monitor the investigation and 
report any further developments. 
WOOD 

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