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We Will Respond Everywhere!
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Police stopped a car on June 28th, 2004 in the area of the German/Dutch border in a routine stop looking for drug traffickers. Bart De Geeter, José Fernandez Delgado, Gabriel Pombo da Silva and Begoña Pombo da Silva were in the car.
A member of the group pulled a gun on police when they attempted to search the car. The three men attempted to escape while Begoña was immediately placed in custody. The three men were finally captured following a chase involving gunfire.
Gabriel is a Spanish anarchist who has spent twenty years in prison, fourteen of them under the notorious FIES segregation regime. In October 2003 he escaped from police custody and was on the run. José, another anarchist, also was a Spanish prison escapee attempting to avoid recapture. Bart was actively involved in the Anarchist Black Cross in Gent, Belgium. Begoña has no other connection to the anarchist movement other than being Gabriel’s sister.
The three men are charged with kidnapping, aggravated theft of a vehicle, multiple murder attempts, heavy traffic violations and other charges from the chase. José and Begoña are charged with a bank robbery on June 18th in Karlsruhe. All have been charged with the planning of one or more bank robberies in Dresden, as well as an armed resistance against the police charge from the initial police stop. Begoña was charged with violent resistance following her arrest. As there is very little evidence against her for the bank robbery charge, she was released on bail October 12th, 2004.
Spanish, Belgian and German anarchists are now targets of international investigations. It was in this climate that, on August 4th, 2004 two female comrades in Dresden had their house raided. Both are longtime activists with Rote Hilfe (Red Help) and were working with ABC Gent to aid the newly imprisoned group. The police claim a map of Dresden with marked weapon shops and police stations was found in the car of the arrestees. This, combined with the solidarity work of Rote Hilfe, put these two Dresden women under suspicion of planning bank robberies with those captured on June 28th. On December 17th, the Aachen public prosecutor finally announced the end of its investigation against the two Rote Hilfe comrades.
Trial starts for Bart, José, Gabriel and Begoña on March 23, 2005 and will last at least a month.
Write the prisoners, through the Aachen State Court:
(Name of prisoner) c/o AZ: 52 KS 22-04 / Landgericht Aachen / Postfach / 52034 Aachen / Germany
For more information, contact Rote Hilfe-Dresden: dresden@rote-hilfe.de
A resource site will soon be at: www.escapeintorebellion.info
Information is also available from ABC Gent:
abc_gent@yahoo.com, www.geocities.com/abc_gent/
Funds are urgently needed.
“Revolutionary solidarity is the secret that destroys all walls, expressing love and rage at the same time as one’s own insurrection in the struggle against Capital and the State.” - Daniela Carmignani
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