S.O.S. COLOMBIA
IT'S EXACTLY AS YOU'RE READING. IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE NEWS REPORTS RECENTLY, THEN YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN COLOMBIA RIGHT NOW. MY READERS, I WON'T MINCE WORDS. WHAT STARTED OUT AS A PEACEFUL PROTEST HAS BECOME AN ACT OF GENOCIDE ON THE PART OF CURRENT PRESIDENT IVÁN DUQUE AND EX-PRESIDENT ÁLVARO URIBE VÉLEZ AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE UPPER CLASS OF MY COUNTRY'S SOCIETY. MY READERS, I WRITE THIS TO YOU TO IMPLORE YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. I WAS RECENTLY IN THE UNITED NATIONS LIVESTREAM ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS OF MY COUNTRY'S CITIZENS RAISING OUR VOICES IN THE LIVECHAT AND BEGGING THE UNITED NATIONS FOR THEIR HELP. BUT THERE'S MUCH MORE TO IT.
I AM COLOMBIAN. NOT ONLY AM I COLOMBIAN, I CURRENTLY FIND MYSELF IN COMMUNE 21 OF THE CITY OF SANTIAGO DE CALI IN COLOMBIA, ARGUABLY THE EPICENTER OF THIS ENTIRE EVENT. AND I'M RESORTING TO SPEAKING OF THIS HERE BECAUSE IVÁN DUQUE HAS STATED IN A PUBLIC REPORT THAT, SHOULD HE SEE IT NECESSARY, HE WILL BLOCK ALL COLOMBIAN CITIZENS FROM BEING ABLE TO USE ALL MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, SNAPCHAT, ETC.
MY READERS, I TURN TO YOU FOR YOUR HELP. PLEASE, YOU WHO ARE STILL FREE AND CAN STILL FREELY MAKE USE OF ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, BE OUR VOICE. THEY'RE KILLING US OUT HERE AND ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO SILENCE US.
IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT THIS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PUT THIS PRESENT FANFICTION AND ALL OTHER PROJECTS OF MINE ON A HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. I MUST GO AND TAKE A STAND FOR BOTH MY COUNTRY AND MY PEOPLE.
IF BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THE 5TH OF MAY, 2022, I HAVEN'T POSTED, YOU ARE FREE TO ASSUME 1 OF 2 POSSIBILITIES.
1. I AM EITHER DEAD, HAVING BEEN KILLED AT THE HANDS OF MY GOVERNMENT.
2. I AM A DESAPARECIDO. MEANING: I HAVE BEEN TAKEN UNDER MY GOVERNMENT'S CUSTODY AS AN ENEMY TO THE STATE AND AM BEING DETAINED IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION WHERE NO ONE WILL EVER FIND ME AND I'LL PROBABLY SPEND THE REST OF MY DAYS ROTTING IN A CELL.
AS OF TODAY, I AM CURRENTLY 23 YEARS OLD. I WAS BORN THE 22ND OF JANUARY, 1998 IN SANTIAGO DE CALI, COLOMBIA. I AM A YOUNG MAN. A YOUNG MAN WITH IDEALS AND VIRTUES THAT I HOLD NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, IDEALS WHICH YOU HAVE NO DOUBT SEEN REFLECTED IN THIS WORK. AND IT IS NOW TIME FOR ME TO GO AND FIGHT FOR THOSE IDEALS. I THANK YOU ALL FOR ACCOMPANYING ME UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
FAREWELL FOR NOW,
JAVIER ALEJANDRO ARISTIZÁBAL HERRERA (SINUHÉ ELÍAS ZARZUELERO HERRERA, THE YOUNGEST GRIMM)
AND MAY GOD GRANT THAT THIS NOT BE MY FINAL FAREWELL TO YOU ALL