---------- Forwarded Message ---------- From: forrest hylton <forresthylton at hotmail.com> Subject: terrorism allegations against us Date: May 7, 2004 10:34 AM
Comrades, Friends,
Greetings to all. I don't mean to be alarmist, but following the counsel of a trusted advisor, I wanted to let everyone know that my companera Lina and I have been accused of being members of the Colombian ELN as a result of our efforts to free Francisco "Pacho" Cortes, who, being Colombian, is currently Bolivia's "trophy" terrorist. On Wednesday night (if I remember correctly), DA Rene Arzabe, who's trying to put Pacho away for 30 years, said on TV that he has proof that the foreigners who've been visiting Pacho all along (and we're the only ones he could be talking about) are ELN, and that they would be arrested and detained next time they tried to visit Pacho.
Obviously this is nothig more than a crude, albeit effective, way of silencing dissent and squelching human rights activism. We do not anticipate that anything will come of these threats, but they arise at a time when Pacho's "comrades" are cutting a deal with the DA to turn state's evidence on Pacho. To ram the deal through, the DA has demanded that we shut up. Which is what we plan to do until the heavy weather clears.
This e-mail is obviously intended to serve as a preventive security measure in case anything happens to us. In the meantime, and although we are expecting the best rather than the worst, please alert whomever you think should know about this.
Best,
Forrest
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