Buckshot City, no rubber bullets.
Rocks vs. shotguns is not a good match. Today will be interesting.
Police and Indigenous people face in Tolé
Special prensa.com
SAN FELIX, Chiriquí. - The American way is closed between the provinces of Chiriqui and Veraguas, tonight after the police attempted to clear the protesters from the area, Tole, using tear gas and rubber bullets, witnesses said.
The police action occurred around 10:00 pm this Thursday, February 2. The indigenous Ngäbe-Bugle, meanwhile, retreated to the police by throwing stones.
However, four people were injured with lead shot and was a prisoner, said Alberto Montezuma, the Coordinator for the Natural Resources Defense and People's Rights Ngäbe-Bugle.
While the confrontation occurred in Tole, at the intersection of San Felix another group of protesters, who also keeps track closed-armed with stones waiting police action. Expect agents to act this morning.
Earlier, business associations commented on this issue due to the economic losses that have occurred after four days of protest. The industrialists demanded even that action be taken "drastic".
The Indians are opposed to the amendments to Bill No. 415 (which has passed the first reading in the National Assembly), and who reject the mining and water exploration in Panama.
02/03/2012 - 1:27:00 AM - The Indian leadership reported late Thursday that the 'surprise attack' riot units of the National Police in Tole, Chiriqui province, left six Indians injured by bullets. The report given by the chiefs in the area of San Felix, the point where the top leadership is concentrated district, indicates that by pellets fired by the police are wounded Marilín Abrego, 25, a native of White Rock; Bladimir Jimenez, 29, Cerro Sombrero, Ricardo Guerra, 18, of White Rock; Cohejeo Miranda, 19, of Bangama. also are injured Stephen Bim, 31, of Bangama and Plunder Saldana, 35, of Chichica. The chiefs made known that other detainees, but not so the figure for the time being of all. At 10:25 pm Tole involved in the riot with tear gas and buckshot, then infuriated the American Indians closed in Eye Water, and on the bridge over the river there was another Vigui closing Tole and the large block of the 4 cloths in San Felix. In San Felix, the situation is tense, the Indians, by the intervention night, are enfuerecidos (doesn't translate well=really pissed off!) and are armed with sticks and large stones. "We are going to get killed in the street," yelled an Indian. The plaintiffs, who hold the American blocked from 3 pm on Tuesday 31 January, asking the government to review the law prohibiting mining and hydroelectric and mining its territory. With information from Eliezer Oses ...
Comment: By my count that is ten down and 200,000 to go.
02/02/2012 - 10:35:00 PM - The leader Rogelio Montezuma, president of the Coalition for the Defense of Natural Resources and People's Rights Ngobe Bugle, confirmed that at about 10:25 at night riot units National Police attacked indigenous protesters who remained stationed in the district of Tole, Chiriqui. At the site, said they had children, women and elders of the Ngobe Bugle Region. Tole is one of many closed points of Inter-American way to call for approval of the mining law that allows hydropower and mining in the Shire. Indians to learn of the police attack, criticized the situation and are arming themselves with stones and sticks at the intersection of San Felix, a sector where the largest concentrations of indigenous people. Special envoys from The Star reported that women are arming themselves with stones to confront the riot, there is much confusion and anger. The government of President Ricardo Martinelli Indians demanded that American open road, closed since 3 in the afternoon of Tuesday 31 January, but failed. Martinelli announced that at 7:30 am on Friday will speak on national television, while Indian contingent of riot charge that is near the area
