Controversial army major attacked in prison fight (Colombia)

Controversial army major attacked in prison fight
Saturday, 30 April 2011 09:59
Adriaan Alsema

A jailed army major who was recently moved to Bogota's La Picota prison was nearly killed by a fellow-inmate in a drinking binge two weeks ago, newspaper El Tiempo reported Friday.

The newspaper cited sources from within the jail that said former major Cesar Maldonado, imprisoned for his involvement in the attempted murder on now-congressman Wilson Borja, was attacked with a knife on the evening of April 16.

According to El Tiempo's sources, a number of prisoners of the maximum security ward where Maldonado is held had been consuming liquor since the morning and began to molest the disgraced official about his time in the military Tolemaida jail, where he was removed from after his second successful escape and stories of parties and prostitutes in the prison.

"From one moment to the next you could hear screaming and that's when we realized that an inmate had a knife and was attacking him," an anonymous source told El Tiempo.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/15958-controversial-army-major-attacked-in-prison-fight.html

http://www.ilo.org.nyud.net:8090/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/@webdev/documents/image/wcms_075677.jpg http://www.theglobalreport.org.nyud.net:8090/issues/101/wilson%20borja.GIF

Wilson Borja's car, riddled by gunshots. A woman standing
at the front of the building was killed immediately by gunfire.
~snip~
Wilson Borja, trade unionist

I feel that I am a survivor and I am convinced that I owe my life, not only to my bodyguards, not only to my own actions, but to something much greater... beyond. But I’m equally convinced that I survived because the situation is not new to me. Like the death threats. There is an ongoing reality in my country that naturally leads to attempts on my life and others.

Short video:
http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/press-and-media-centre/videos/video-news-releases/WCMS_074397/lang--en/index.htm