Get Irish mercenaries out of Bolivia

November 22, 2009

4–6 minutes

Integrated Risk Management Services is a company managed by former members of the Irish Army’s counter terrorist and special forces. One of its employees got himself killed by Bolivian police who claimed that he was involved in a plot to murder Evo Morales. This is the text of a letter handed intto the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs on Friday by Cristian Dominguez, the Secretary of Natural Resources for the peasant organisation, CSUTCB and Cristian Dominguez and Jose Sagarnaga of the Bolivia Solidarity Campaign.

Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mr Micheál Martin
80 St. Stephens Green
Dublin 2

Dear Mr Martín,

As members of Bolivian civil society in Europe we would like to respectfully bring to your attention matters relating to the Irish-based company Integrated Risk Management Services (I-RMS).

We have information that proves that this company employs or has employed well known mercenaries as Coronel Gyla Attila. It is through these mercenaries that Michael Dwyer, an employee of I-RMS made contact with international mercenaries.

The I-RMS company provides security to Fianna Fáil for its annual conferences as well as providing security for Shell in Rossport, I-RMS had an advert on its website offering armed and un-armed security services internationally. The advert was taken off the website after the death of Michael Dwyer in an armed clashed with the Bolivian police earlier this year.

We would like you to investigate the links between this company and right wing extremist terrorist groups in Europe and the connexions they have with our country Bolivia. Bolivia is a country undergoing a deep process of social, cultural and economic change, which has the support of rank and file social organisations. Our government is the representative of the people and was elected with 53% of the votes and ratified with 68% of the votes in a recall referendum. Its legitimacy cannot be questioned.

The presence of Irish citizen Michael Dwyer in Bolivia coincided with terrorist attacks perpetrated in 2008 and the first months of 2009, aimed at destabilising the process of change we describe above.
The actions which led to the death of Mr Dwyer started back in Ireland, when he worked for Irish company I-RMS. Your government, as well as the Irish media, have asked the Bolivian government to investigate these facts, and this is now being done. However, we would like to request from your government a full investigation into the obscure aims and methods of companies which employ mercenaries or terrorists, and which openly offer their services in Ireland.

Cristian Domínguez, secretary of defence of natural resources and the environment of the Bolivian Confederation of Peasant Workers (CSUTCB), is currently visiting Europe. He is a survivor of the massacre of Pando in 2008, which was organised and carried out by those who are experts in organisation wars of secession. Mr Dwyer and the machinery he was a part of should be investigated for their responsibility in these events which left men, women and children dead, and many survivors scarred for life.

The proof that exists against these mercenary groups is conclusive, but we are worried that they are still active in our country, Bolivia. For all these reasons, and knowing your democratic and peace-loving record, we would like to request from the office you represent:

1.- A full investigation into the legal status of I-RMS in Ireland and the services it offers, as well as an investigation into any other companies offering international armed security services from Ireland.

2.- An investigation into the links between security company I-RMS and extreme right wing elements from Eastern Europe. There are clear indications that Attila, an employee of I-RMS, was the contact who recruited Michael Dwyer for his activities in Bolivia.

3.- Taking into account the danger that these mercenaries pose to our democracy and to Bolivian society as a whole, we would like your government to investigate how many people employed by I-RMS have travelled to Bolivia and whether they are still in our territory.

4.- It is possible that other Irish organisations and/or companies are still offering security training to Irish citizens in Bolivia. If this is the case, the Bolivian government should be informed so it can take action to prevent terrorist activities against the Bolivian state.

5.- We would like to know what knowledge does your government have of these facts and what actions has it taken against these groups and their terrorist activities.

6.- Finally, we would like to respectfully ask that the result of these investigations be made public, so these terrorist cells can be disbanded and cease to be a threat to Bolivia and the world.

Sincerely yours,
Cristian Domínguez
Secretario de Defensa de los Recursos Naturales y del Medio Ambiente CSUTCB
Amancay Colque, Coordinator Bolivia Solidarity Campaign
Bolivia Solidarity Campaign-Inglaterra: Amancay Colque – Jose Sagarnaga
ARLAC, Bruselas- Bélgica: Ringo Guzman
Ballet Folclórico Boliviano, Barcelona – España: Severino Viraca
Bolivia Action Solidarity Network-Canada: Marcelo Saavedra Vargas
Cambio Foro Bolivia, Estocolmo- Suecia: Judith Muñoz – Nelson Monsalvez
Centro Cultural Tupac Katari, Estocolmo-Suecia
Comisión Comunicación CPB-EU y CPB-Francia: Jose Luis Martinez
Comité de Apoyo a Bolivia.Malmö-Suecia: Tereza Moreira – Marcelo Torrez
Comitè de Solidaritat amb els Pobles Indígenes d´ Amèrica M. Antònia Arnau
Consejo Pro Bolivia – Escandinavia: Eulogio Limachi – Leonor Churquina
Consejo Pro Bolivia- CPB – Alemania: Roxana Soria – Gladis Schlanbush
Consejo Pro Bolivia Gotemburgo.- Suecia: Walter Vera Rivera – Jorge carrasco
Coordinadora Somos Mas, Barcelona-España: Rosa Rosa Krugler –
Grupo Apoyo a Bolivia, GAB-Estocolmo-Suecia: Jorge Cuenca
Grupo Apoyo a Bolivia, GAB-Växjö-Suecia: Victoria Gonsalez
Grupo de apoyo al MAS, Barcelona-España: Varinia Olivares
Grupo de Apoyo al MAS, Uppsala, Suecia Adriana Petersheim
Latinamerikagrupperna-Gbg. – Suecia: Adolfo Suarez
Por la Comisión Orgánica del Consejo Pro Bolivia en Europa, CPB-EU: Walter
Vera Rivera- Victoria Gonsalez
Presencia Latinoamericana (Frente Bolivia)-Suiza: Patricia Ogay
Coordinadora Somos Mas, Barcelona, Rosa Kugler
Grupo de Apoyo al MAS en Noruega Julio Cesar Toro

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Tóásó Edit

November 22, 2009 at 9:48 pm

Case No: K-156/ 2009

As you may know from articles that appeared in the world press, in the
early morning of 16th of April in the Bolivian town of Santa Cruz, in the
Hotel Las Americas, three European citizens were killed and two persons
arrested by the Bolivian special forces, UTARC.
The persons killed include Mr. Eduardo Rózsa Flores – Hungarian, Croatian
and Bolivian citizenships; Mr. Martin Dwyer- Irish nationality and Mr.
Árpád Magyarosi- Romanian citizen.
The two persons arrested and held in detention under inhumane conditions
are Mr. Előd
Tóásó- Hungarian and Romanian citizenship, and Mr. Tadic-Croatian,
Bolivian citizenship.

The five persons were attacked by the police on the allegations of
“organizing a plot against Mr. Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia.”
This allegation was later changed into a “plot to raise an armed uprising
against the Bolivian state.”
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There is no official accusations been raised by the Bolivian authorities.
At present Mr. Tóásó and Mr. Tadic are simply hold in custody against
their will.

Shortly about the human rights violation against Mr Toaso Elod:

The preparation of the trial against Mr. Elõd Tóásó, being accused of
alleged acts of terrorism committed in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra,
have clearly been violating various rules of law, both domestically and
internationally. The legal violation has taken place since the time of the
arrest of Mr. Tóásó and even to present date, within the proceedings are
being developed. These human rights violations will be described in the
legal report made by his Bolivian lawyer LLM. Rigoberto Paredes Ayllón. (
please see enclosed documents ).

In this document, the human rights violations against Mr. Elõd Tóásó
are made in the domain including:

1. Right to ban torture.
2. Right to be tried by a judge.
3. Right material to the defense of relying on a translator or interpreter.

4. Entitled to the presumption of innocence.

Then individualized and explain in detail how they have violated every one
of these rights ( please see enclosed documents)

Shortly, the death of Mr. Árpád Magyarosi:

Contrary to what was stated in the Bolivian press, Mr. Magyarosi’s death
was not caused by hypovolemia (shock caused by loss of blood), but by
suffocation from blood (blood inhalation), caused by the two 5,56x45mm
NATO FMJ steel core bullet shot at his torso in from very close distance.
In general, none of his wounds were lethal, he could have survived by
minimal medical aid (sucking out the blood from his trachea). He died
slowly, the agony being longer than 30 minutes.

Following the findings of the Hungarian autopsy report – public document -,
altogether he was killed with seven shots. The first three from the front,
to his upper arm, in a 90 degree horizontal position, bullets traveling in
his arm, from the elbow to the shoulder, and braking bones. He hold his
hands showing the sign of capitulation, whilst receiving the shots. At the
autopsy one bullet fragment from his shoulder was recovered. This was
probably the first group of shots that he received during or after his
capture. The police forces entered his room peacefully (or let in by
himself or by key) as we observed no visible damage on the photographs
taken on his hotel room door next day by local press and police. Then he
was brutally handcuffed by a plastic string handcuff. Then he was beaten up
by fist, by rifle stock and by boot on multiple occasions. His nose was
broken, his head, and neck at the back injured and the body over his
kidneys, at the back. Probably, whilst lying on the floor, with the right
hand wounded (he was left handed), he received the above mentioned two
shots to his upper body, from right side to left.

Also he received one shot from right to left, to his hip, hitting his
sitting bone an paralyzing him.
The last shot he received from behind, from back to the front, into his
shoulder. We suspect, that this was aimed to be to in his neck or spine
cord. There can be any time gaps between the shots, (except for the lung
shots evidently) and even the actual crime scenes may vary.

At the autopsy was no residue gunpowder find on his hands, nor usual skin
injuries
from pistol automatic reloading.

Please, find enclosed the documents in scanned version, which support the
above stated arguments:
Legal Report on the human rights violation of Mr Elöd Tóásó made by LLM
Rigoberto Padres Lawyer
Pictures showing the marks of the torture suffered by Mr. Elõd Tóáso at
the time of their arrest.
A video containing images similar to those found in the photographs.
Medical certificate that guarantees that the injuries he suffered at the
time of his capture, which have been determined a week after it happened
Integral document of the autopsy on the body of Mr. Magyarosi Arpad.
Pictures made in the hotel room with the body of Mr. Magyarosi Arpad after
his execution
Please take into account the file that has been registrered under nr 1003-9
by the E.U

Please, accept, the assurances of my highest consideration.

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http://www.toasoelod.com

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John Meehan

November 23, 2009 at 12:57 pm

Some more information about the IRMS security firm and the Dwyer / Flores activities in Bolivia is here :

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94865

The NGO letter is reproduced at the link below and some discussion follows :

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94855?include_comments=true&print_page=true

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Magyarosi Árpád Fiúka

December 10, 2009 at 1:59 am

Maybe Rozsa Flores was a fascist… (wasn’t)
But “la grande Evo” is a criminal, a murderer!

That is a difference!
Asesinado en el hotel Las Americas en Santa Cruz: por ordenes del Presidente Evo Morales!
I am so sorry for all Bolivians who do NOT know how BAD communism is and will vote for an uneducated murderer, who calls himself as president in a country where INNOCENT people are killed and others kept in jail without any reason that could prove they are guilty! RIP Fiuka, Mike, FREE Elod!
Bolivia and the shameful “president” Morales, a homicidal killer assasin will feel soon the “hands of justice”! Muerte a asesinos! JUSTICIA!

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