The European Parliament,

A. appalled at reports in the media that an indeterminate

number of vagrants have been murdered in the Colombian city

of Barranquilla and their corpses sold to a medical

faculty,

B. whereas such deeds are a flagrant violation of human rights

and whereas the Colombian authorities must investigate the

allegations and punish the guilty parties,

1. Calls on the Colombian Government to set in motion the

relevant legal machinery to establish the facts and impose

exemplary sentences on the perpetrators;

2. Calls on the Commission, the Council and European Political

Cooperation to express their concern to the Colombian

Government about this type of crime and the need for the

Colombian legal system to act effectively to protect its

citizens from violence, whatever their origin, social

status or economic position;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the

Commission, the Council, European Political Cooperation and

the Colombian Government.