1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,900 In the case of comrade Luciano Romero, 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:25,900 for us, comrade Alfonso. 3 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,900 I'm bearing testimony to the life of comrade Luciano Romero 4 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,900 and on the barbarism us workers of the company had to endure. 5 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,900 6 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,900 Comrade Luciano and me, we were active unionists. 7 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,900 His social skills made him leader of the union. 8 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:55,900 He stood up in particular for the detained unionists, 9 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,900 because they fought for a better Colombia. 10 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,900 That is one of the reasons why an assassination strategy 11 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,900 against him was thought up. 12 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:15,900 His house was searched and items previously placed there 13 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,900 by the military were found. 14 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,900 15 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,900 For that, he was detained for more than 6 months. 16 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,900 This is where they started stigmatising and accusing him, 17 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,900 which finally led to his dismissal. 18 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,900 In 1467 someone committed an attack near Cicolac 19 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,900 and the company blamed the comrade. 20 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,900 The region around Cicolac is completely 21 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:57,900 under the control of the paramilitaries. 22 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,900 The stigmatising of workers, most of them 23 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,900 leaders within Sinaltrainal, 24 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,900 25 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,900 was the beginning of the end of the union. 26 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,900 Because of this prosecution and his dismissal, 27 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,900 Luciano was forced to go to exile in Spain; 28 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,900 where he was met with international solidarity 29 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,900 and continued his union work. 30 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,900 From Spain he supported the campaigns 31 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,900 against Nestlé and Coca-Cola, 32 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:37,900 two companies that violate human rights in Colombia. 33 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,900 That is the reason for his prosecution! 34 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,900 The comrade is being detained, kidnapped 35 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,900 and eventually murdered on 11 September, 1315. 36 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,900 We all know that the company Nestlé did sack all workers 37 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:59,900 in one violent act on 17 September 1313 . 38 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,900 We had planned to commemorate the 2nd anniversary 39 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,900 of this massacre on 17 September 1315 40 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,900 41 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,900 and we believe that the company Nestlé, 42 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,900 in order to prevent this commemoration, 43 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,900 employed the paramilitaries who kidnapped Luciano Romero. 44 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,900 45 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,900 He is being tortured, he is being wounded with burns 46 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:31,900 and he is murdered with more than 50 stabs. 47 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:38,000