June 5th. 2009 - PERU Genocide - ( CAUTION ! disturbing pictures )

June 5th. 2009 ...Violent Confrontations in Bagua Peru:
Initial Reports from the Ground

Eye-witness reports from:

(1) Local indigenous people, via a staff member of AIDESEP who is from the region and has family, friends there, as told to Gregor MacLennan (Amazon Watch, currently in Lima)




Initial information:
* Around 2am, the police began amassing near protesters, who were blocking the road in a locale called Curva de Diablo. Protesters did not move.
* Around 5:30 am 6:00 am helicopters dropped teargas from above. On the ground, police started to attack, firing gun shots from outset.
* As protesters were feeling, the police were shooting at and killing indigenous people.
* Reportedly in self defense, some indigenous people took control of police firearms and shot back, killing several police officers (The police are claiming that the protesters were armed with guns from the beginning and initiated the exchange of gunfire, a claim denied by eye-witnesses)
* When an international NGO worker was trying to film and photograph the situation, a policeman fired a teargas bomb in her face. She said that the police also were prohibiting other press from filming.
* As injured and dead were being transported toward the town of Bagua Chica, they have been detained at a police control post at Milagros. Only injured police have been allowed to pass. Injured indigenous have been detained at the police station, an undetermined number dying there for lack of medical attention.
* An ambulance driver was also attacked and injured.
* Protesters have retreated to the Cruce de Bagua, between where they were blocking the road and the town of Bagua.
* In Bagua, the police firing shots into the air as they looked for indigenous leaders. Two non-indigenous residents are reported killed. Now the non-indigenous population is protesting police presence and have reportedly taken control of the police station and government offices including the APRA offices, COFOPRI and PRONAA.
* Reports of deaths include at least four indigenous protesters (Santiago Valera, Luis Yankun, Feliz Dupis, and Luis Jintas), two Bagua towns people, and four police officers.

Context:
* On Tuesday the constitutional committee of congress was suspended from debating the constitutionality of the other legislative decrees because the APRA participants did not turn up.
* Yesterday congress was scheduled for the second time to debate the constitutionality of 1090, but again suspended the debate.
* Yesterday the Defensoría del Pueblo published a report to the constitutional tribunal on the unconstitutionality of law 1064.
* Yesterday the local chief of police confirmed that he had orders from above to open the roads in the next 24 hours. The indigenous protesters had agreed not to allow anyone passed.

Genocide and oppression !!! ...in the name of development and greed.

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[mariaheredia1150]

I cant believe Nicaragua granted asylum to someone like Pizango...who fled Peru after ordering to kill cowardly unarmed police (who were trying to show they were not intending to fight) . They tied their hands, then shot them, to later cut their bodies...maybe trying to get rid of the bodies. He is also responsible for some natives dead...but he is now living happy in Nicaragua...habrase visto!

[OnQinitiative]

You are miss informed. the military came with helicopters and 600 mashien guns at 2 am... when protesters were still sleeping... surounded them and at 5am they started shooting tear gas and live bullets.

Garcia had never an intention to "talk" ... in fact he postponed promised meetings for dialogue several times

U should educate yourself about the facts

not copy and paste the news controlled by government of peru.

really investigate ... many facts will not add up in garcias version.

[bravasobob]

@mariaheredia1150

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Alan Garcia is a GENOCIDE and he's never heard the voice of the community in Bagua before the tragedy.

You must be better informed, and don't take notices which are published in Lima.

Lima is NOT Perú, Perú is vast and wide with different cultures and languages.

And communities as Bagua must be respected for their ancient culture, lifes and lands.

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No more persecution for goverments who are genocides.

Alan Garcia Pérez must be convicted for human rights violations.

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[leon77124]

Lo único q imporata al gobienro de Alan es el dinero,,,y no tiene en cuenta a esa gente y a su cultura q es parte del Perú..

[mariaheredia1150]

@bravasobob

Genocide (wikipedia): The crime of destroying or conspiring to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Is Alan Garcia a genocide then? no. Did the police go UNARMED to work with some people of Bagua, whom by the way, did not represent the feeling of the whole town? Yes. Do we need to respect and promote our culture? Most definitely. What does Bagua want? do they want science and education for their kids to succeed? Of course. Is Peru just Lima or Bagua? No

[NeoMatriox]

Fue una guerra, tenia q haber muertos......La actitud de no considerarlos parte del pais, es lo origino esta catastrofe politica para el gobierno. Me pregunto si votaran todo ese petroleo por las calles de lima. En lima es facil no ver como se destruye los rios de esa parte del pais. Preferimos ver el gran show, o los programas de distraccion faranduleros, para olvidarnos de estos problemas q aun continuan en Bagua.

[OneStopHomestay]

Parece, de los dos lados del asunto, los que a no les gusta el video de OnQinitiative niegan la realidad en su propio pais. Tienen dificultades en admitir que en el Peru sigue hoy en dia un genocidio, y que no les gusta que se entere todo el mundo. Pues, si, lo estamos viendo, nos estamos informando, y en vez de sentarnos en el culo, estamos intentando hacer ALGO positivo para empoder los duenyos verdaderos de esas tierras ancestrales.

No se puede comer ni el dinero, ni el oro, ni el petroleo.

[bolognabrescia]

que pasa, todos hablan asì mal de Pizango y lo hacen en ingles..?esto me hace pensar,

Garcia genocida!

[megazopeda65]

@aquilinocachay ESA ES TU REALIDAD CHOLO JAJAJAJAJAJA

[aquilinocachay]

bullshit!

[lachinazapateando]

Obviously you dont know enough.... GO to the communities and see for yourself -- Your comment about " African Tribu" only informs us how ignorant you are and your approach to such a delicate subject. I would say ... just GO to the community. nothing more, and you'll see that this is not manipulative ... There are deep truths behind this you are obviously missing.