Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The FARC's Version of Sharia

Adam Isacson posts a photo about the FARC's self-proclaimed laws in Putumayo.



A colleague in Colombia sends this sign posted to a wall in Putumayo, Colombia by the FARC’s 32nd Front.
Here’s a translation. (A U.S. dollar equals about 2,000 pesos.)
Punishments and FinesNorms For Living in a Dignified and Honest Community
  • Owners of animals that damage others’ crops 500,000 pesos
  • For those who fight 500,000 pesos
  • For those who gossip 200,000 pesos
  • For swindlers 1,000,000 pesos
  • For those who sell basuco to users 500,000 pesos
  • For those who damage signs 500,000 pesos
  • For those who poison streams 200,000 pesos
  • For those who don’t clean their plots of land 500,000 pesos
  • For those who bring unknown people 2,000,000 pesos
  • For those who bring prostitutes 1,000,000 pesos
  • For basuco addicts: work or fine valued at 500,000 pesos
  • For those who buy or sell lands without consulting the FARC-EP 2,000,000 pesos
  • For those who damage stores: it is closed and they pay everything
  • For those who don’t close their establishments after 2:00AM 500,000 pesos
  • For those who don’t perform community work projects 200,000 pesos
  • For whoever mistreats his/her significant other 200,000 pesos
  • For those who hunt with dogs or groups of people with shotguns 1,000,000 pesos
  • Owners of land can cut trees but cannot sell the wood.
  • Do not remove wood from empty lands, fine 500,000 pesos.
  • Don’t drive vehicles after 6:00PM. Whoever does so loses the vehicle or pays a fine of 2,000,000 pesos
  • For whoever sets up an individual shop 2,000,000 pesos
Sincerely, 32nd Front, Southern Bloc, FARC-EP Welcome

I love the "welcome" part. And by "dignified and honest" they mean "totalitarian and scary."

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