Colombia:Fear for Safety/Torture/Possible extrajudicial executions/Disappearance

Civilian inhabitants of the municipalities of Simití and San Pablo, Bolívar Department.Ismael Rincón Sierra, Alfiodys Durán Rodriguez, Ernesto Fernández Botero and three others (tortured and killed). Américo N. and Armando Mier Urueta (killed). There is grave concern for the safety of people living in the municipalities of San Pablo and Simití, Bolívar department. Since 12 April 1999 the Colombian Air Force, army and their paramilitary allies have been involved in intensive operations to track down members of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), National Liberation Army, who hijacked a passenger aircraft that day.

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