El Amparo

3600 Saint John ave,Kansas City MO 64123

27 March, 2021

Description

El Amparo, una disección de la masacre de El Amparo en 1988. El Amparo, film about the events around the massacre of "El Amparo", 1988 . At the end of the 80’s, by the creeks of the Arauca River, near the Colombian - Venezuelan border, two men survived the brutality of a shooting in which 14 of their mates were killed. They claimed to be mere fishermen, but the Venezuelan army accused them to be guerrilla fighters, intimidating them in every possible way and even attempting to remove them from the cell where they were guarded by a policeman. Their neighbors prevented their transfer, but the pressure they faced to give in and submit the official version was overwhelming. A finales de la década de los 80, junto a las quebradas del río Arauca, cerca de la frontera colombo-venezolana, dos hombres sobrevivieron a la brutalidad de un tiroteo en el que murieron 14 de sus compañeros. Afirmaron ser simples pescadores, pero el ejército venezolano los acusó de ser guerrilleros. Tratan de intimidarlos de todas las formas posibles e incluso intentar eliminarlos en la celda donde estan custodiados por un policía local. Su vecinos intentan defenderlos, pero la presión oficial de un gobierno corrupto es abrumadora.