Bogotá, Colombia
August 7, 2003
A new legal case, filed under number 675549-280 is advancing in the Fiscalia (Prosecutors) office, against the victims of Coca Cola in Colombia, for the denouncements they made on December 5, 2002.
This past August 6, 2003, the Prosecutors office called LUIS JAVIER CORREA SUAREZ, President of SINALTRAINAL, to make a statement about the events that took place on December 5, 2002, in front of the gates of Coca Cola, when the legal representative of the transnational corporation was officially sent an invitation to present himself at the Popular Tribunal "Hector Daniel Useche Beron" to respond to the human rights violations that the company has committed in recent years against its own workers and to comment on the benefit it obtained due to the assassination with several of our members.
Coca Cola FEMSA, through its legal representative Dra. Jacqueline Barros, filed a penal lawsuit against unknown persons for the crime of harm committed to the company. Coca Cola is trying to criminalize a new set of workers for the act of having denounced it both nationally and internationally in the courts of the United States.
In a previous occasion, we have denounced the Prosecutors office #61 for sending an accusation against LUIS JAVIER CORREA SUAREZ and other members of SINALTRAINAL for the crimes of harm and libel against this same transnational corporation.
Coca Cola is trying to penalize a new set of victims of its repression. This is part of the general offensive the transnational corporation is launching to silence the protests and denouncements of its workers.
We ask you to send messages of protest to:
Douglas Daft
Chief Executive Officer
Coca-Cola Company
One Coca-Cola Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30313
Dr. Luis Camilo Osorio, Fiscal General de la Nación (Attorney General):
E-mail: contacto@fiscalia.gov.co
Mr. Felipe Alvira, President of Coca Cola FEMSA:
www.cocacola-femsa.com.mx
Presidente de la República de Colombia
Alvaro Uribe Vélez
Palacio de Nariño
Carrera 8 No.7-26
Santafe de Bogota, COLOMBIA
Fax: 00 57 1 286 74 34/286, 68 42/284 21 86
[Salutation: Excelentisimo Sr. Presidente/Dear President ]
E-mail: auribe@presidencia.gov.co; rdh@presidencia.gov.co
Vicepresidente de la Republica de Colombia
Francisco Santos
Consejeria Presidential de Derechos Humanos
Calle 7, No 654, Piso 3
Santafe de Bogota, COLOMBIA
Fax: 00 57 1 337 1351
E-mail: fsantos@presidencia.gov.co
Presidential Human Rights Programme
Programa Derechos Humanos Presidencia de la Republica
E-mail: ppdh@presidencia.gov.co
Ministro del Interior y Justicia
Fernando Londono Hoyos
Ministerio del Interior y Justicia
Palacio Echeverry, Carrera 8a, No.8-09, piso 2o.,
Santafe de Bogota, Colombia
Fax:00 57 1 286 8025
E-mail: ministro@minjusticia.gov.co; minisint@col1.telecom.com.co;
viceministra@minjusticia.gov.co
Ministra de la Defensa,
Martha Lucia Ramirez de Rincon
Ministerio de Defensa Nacional
Avenida El Dorado con carrera 52 CAN Santa Fe de Bogotá
Fax: 00 57 1 222 1874
E-mail:siden@mindefensa.gov.co; comunicacion@mindefensa.gov.co
Fiscal General de la Nacion/Public Prosecutor
Dr. Luis Camilo Osorio
E-mail:contacto@fiscalia.gov.co; denuncie@fiscalia.gov.co;
webmaster@fiscalia.gov.co
Procurador General de la Nacion/Attorney General
Dr. Edgardo Maya Villazon
E-mail:anticorrupcion@presidencia.gov.co; reygon@procuraduria.gov.co
Defensor del Pueblo / Public Defender
Dr. Luis Eduardo Cifuentes
E-mail: secretaria_privada@hotmail.com; defensoria@defensoria.org.co
High Commission for Human Rights in Colombia
Fax: (+57 1) 313 40 50
E-Mail: oacnudh@hchr.org.co