{"id":844,"date":"2011-02-11T07:33:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T14:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/?p=844"},"modified":"2017-04-10T08:50:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T08:50:26","slug":"condemning-the-assassination-of-our-companero-artist-and-social-animator-victor-leiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/2011\/02\/condemning-the-assassination-of-our-companero-artist-and-social-animator-victor-leiva\/","title":{"rendered":"Condemning the assassination of our compa\u00f1ero, artist and social animator Victor Leiva"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Youth and Human Rights Organizations express their anguish at the murder of Victor Aroldo Leiva Borrayo on February 2, 2011:<\/em><\/p>\n

The life and projects of V\u00edctor Antonio Leiva \u201cMono\u201d were brought to an abrupt end when on 2nd<\/sup> of February he was murdered in the Historical Centre of Guatemala City where in recent years he walked and shared so much of himself. V\u00edctor, only 24 years of age, was a young artist who was a member of Colectivo Caja L\u00fadica for several years. As facilitator and activist dedicated to community arts, his work brought him the appreciation and love of his working partners.\u00a0This killing adds to the 3000+ (over three thousand) crimes perpetrated during the year http:\/\/www.gooakley.com\/<\/a> against youth including amongst the victims young artists, spiritual leaders, community leaders, human rights activists, free thinkers and free creators. The victims are those who due to their way of thinking, dressing and expressing themselves are stigmatized by the authorities and society. Their cases are forgotten by the authorities who make no attempt to solve the case or bring to justice those responsible.\u00a0Even members of those institutions are part of the \u201corganized crime\u201d therefore a vast number of crimes are treated as revenge between delinquent groups; the investigations then, are disallowed. As a result cases are abandoned with total impunity.\u00a0The characteristics of this case replicate the\u00a0modus operandi<\/em> used by the illegal and clandestine apparatus linked to the security system which, with total impunity, act against youth; extra-judiciary\u00a0\u00a0acts form part of the genocide directed at Guatemalan youth nowadays.\u00a0Unidentified vehicles, large calibre weapons, more than one person involved, delayed action by the authorities who show at the crime scene are some of the elements that characterize this and many other events of this kind.\u00a0Death walks its painful blow for the country that tragically suffers the loss of its youth with impotence facing silence, injustice and impunity.<\/p>\n

WE EXPRESS<\/strong>:\u00a0Our concern for the lack of safety that is experienced in Guatemala as part of daily life threatening the short lives of children, youth, women and men, Maya and Mestizos from all social backgrounds without any serious or permanent actions that involve investigation or legal persecution towards the material and intellectual authors of these felonies, and complying with them.\u00a0Our solidarity with the family of Victor Aroldo Leiva Borrayo as well as with all those relatives of so many victims of violence in Guatemala.<\/p>\n

THEREFORE WE DEMAND<\/strong>: (1) From the Public Ministry to investigate the murder of Victor Aroldo Leiva Borrayo without prejudices or speculations to clarify the fact until those responsible are found. (2) From the present General Attorney, Claudia Paz y Paz, to create an extraordinary office to work on crimes against youth with an extra-judiciary executions\u2019 investigation unit in order to investigate the repeated pattern in the killing of young people, a vast number of them organized or working on organizational cheap oakley<\/a> processes, members of cultural and human rights organizations. (3) From the Government to adopt the necessary measures as to guarantee and protect the lives and activities of the Guatemalan people as well as those of the defenders of Human Rights whose vulnerability is increasing due to the rampant violence. (4) From the violent and intolerant to put their guns down, to stop the bullets from being fired. Here there\u2019s only youth creating, opening common spaces, recovering trust and happiness, planting love and peace – symbols for life.<\/p>\n

Victor Aroldo Leiva Borrayo – They will never silence your voice!\u00a0Hasta siempre compa\u00f1ero y amigo!\u00a0You will always be in our hearts. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The murder of Victor, begs the question: What is going on in Guatemala? \u00a0It was only a few months ago that\u00a0Leonardo Lisandro Guarcax Gonzalez, promoter and defender of indigenous Maya culture, was found dead after he was abducted by unknown assailants on 25 August 2010. <\/em>See the full story here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Spanish translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Condenando el asesinato de nuestro compa\u00f1ero; el artista y animador social V\u00edctor Leiva<\/p>\n

Organizaciones de j\u00f3venes y de derechos humanos expresan su angustia por el asesinato de V\u00edctor Aroldo Leiva Borrayo el 2 de febrero de 2011:<\/p>\n

La vida y los proyectos de V\u00edctor Antonio Leiva “Mono”, fueron llevados a un abrupto final cuando el 2 de febrero fue asesinado en el Centro Hist\u00f3rico de la Ciudad de Guatemala. V\u00edctor, con tan s\u00f3lo 24 a\u00f1os de edad, era un joven artista miembro del Colectivo Caja L\u00fadica por varios a\u00f1os. Como facilitador y activista dedicado a las artes comunitarias, su trabajo le trajo el reconocimiento y el amor de sus compa\u00f1eros de trabajo de toda la comunidad.<\/p>\n

Este asesinato se suma a los m\u00e1s de tres mil cr\u00edmenes perpetrados en contra de la juventud este a\u00f1o; entre las v\u00edctimas encontramos artistas, l\u00edderes espirituales, l\u00edderes comunitarios, activistas de derechos humanos, libre pensadores y creadores. Las v\u00edctimas son aquellas que, por su forma de pensar,\u00a0 de vestir y de\u00a0 expresarse son estigmatizados por las autoridades y la sociedad.<\/p>\n

Estos casos son olvidados por las autoridades ,las cuales generalmente no hacen ning\u00fan esfuerzo por esclarecerlos ni muestran ning\u00fan inter\u00e9s de llevar ante la justicia a los responsables de estos cr\u00edmenes. De hecho, tambi\u00e9n se presenta la situaci\u00f3n en que\u00a0 algunos miembros de estas instituciones policiales cheap oakley sunglasses<\/a> hacen tambi\u00e9n parte de la delincuencia organizada y organizaciones clandestinas ilegales lo que causa\u00a0 que un gran n\u00famero de asesinatos cometidos se presentan falsamente como actos de venganza cometidos entre grupos de delincuentes para encubrir las acciones de estos agentes. Todos estos factores dan como resultado una impunidad casi total en los casos de asesinatos con motivaciones pol\u00edticas.<\/p>\n

Las caracter\u00edsticas de este caso se asemejan a muchas otras forma de violaci\u00f3n de derechos humanos en este pa\u00eds. El \u201cmodus operandi\u201d utilizado por organizaciones consisten en veh\u00edculos no identificados, armas de grueso calibre, m\u00e1s de una persona involucrada y el retraso en la acci\u00f3n de las autoridades que se muestran en la escena del crimen son algunos de los elementos que caracterizan a este y muchos otros casos sin resolver en contra de los j\u00f3venes guatemaltecos. La muerte se extiende en este pa\u00eds que sufre la tr\u00e1gica p\u00e9rdida de su juventud y que no tiene m\u00e1s alternativas que enfrentarse a la injusticia de la\u00a0 muerte\u00a0 con impotencia y\u00a0 silencio.<\/p>\n