Communique from Farc EP

1. Expert on curtains of smoke, the government narco-paramilitary Uribe Velez, after consultation with his master in Washington, has decided to kidnap the child in Bogota Emmanuel unhappy with the intention of sabotaging his delivery, his mother and Clara Rojas Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.

2. With this new development, adding to the escalation of war operations in the area, Uribe aims to defuse the momentous humanitarian management of President Chavez, sowing distrust among international delegates and through media campaigns and new obstacles to a unilateral decision that expresses the political will of the FARC to move ahead on the exchange of prisoners. We reiterate on this occasion: Uribe is not scheduled by the gringos, or for the humanitarian exchange, or for peace.

3. The national and international public opinion understands very well that Emmanuel could not be in the midst of military operations of the Plan Patriot, of the bombing and fighting, mobility permanent and contingencies of the jungle. So this child, parent guerrilla, had been located in Bogota under the care of honest people while signing the humanitarian agreement. Uribe, who already kidnapped in the capital evidence of life that were destined to President Chavez, kidnaps now to Emmanuel. As captured and imprisoned mails humanitarian, is now preparing to do the same with the people in charge of caring for the child. Emmanuel was to be delivered, along with his mother, to President Chavez of Venezuela.

4. With the Uribe government, which stubbornly refused to remove Meadow and Florida to talk about humanitarian agreement, we have not made any commitment to walk propalando now we are failing. As a matter of principle, moral and ethical revolutionary FARC not used as a method of torture and even less in the case of children. The real torturers are in the army, police forces and government agents narco-paramilitary who took the Palacio de Nariño.

5. The process of release of Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo, will continue, as we have offered the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. That is the determination of the FARC. To this end we are not asking Mr Uribe no safe corridor, which we have reiterated and reaffirm what is the need for clearing military Meadow and Florida to proceed immediately to check and make the first meeting to agree on the humanitarian exchange, which in any case should be to the accompaniment of the international community.

6. When President Chavez, beyond these vicissitudes, please keep alive the hope of redemption through its consequent humanitarian commitment, which we consider necessary step towards finding a political and diplomatic solution to the social and armed conflict in Colombia.

Secretariat of the Central General Staff of the FARC
Mountains of Colombia, January 2, 2008