…On Wednesday 24 February, the last family of villagers who had returned to the old village site at Roche out of frustration at conditions in the new settlement constructed by Cerrejon Coal were brutally evicted by Colombian police. The wholly unnecessary violence was reminiscent of the notorious eviction of the village of Tabaco in 2001 – an event the like of which we had hoped would never occur again.  London Mining Network and LMN member groups Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Global Justice Now and War on Want are among those who have signed the following statement, based on eyewitness accounts of the operation by our friends and colleagues in the area at the time. Further signatures are expected in the near future.  Cerrejon Coal is owned by London-listed mining companies Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Glencore.