US arrests indigenous Colombian healer

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Colombia Reports

US arrests indigenous Colombian healer
Tuesday, 02 November 2010 11:09 Manuela Kuehr

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Juan Bautista Agreda Chindoy, an indigenous healer from Colombia's Valle de Sibundoy, was arrested in Houston airport, U.S., El Tiempo reports.

On October 19 the medicine man travelled to the United States to give a healing session on Ayahuasca, a herbal mixture.

Border police arrested the indigenous healer due to the exotic herbs in his possession.

"He has been treated like a drug dealer but he is an indigenous healer," Agreda's family insists.



Read more: http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/12691-us-arrests-indigenous-healer.html

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Drug dealers!

[stellanoir]

1. Yet another grand coup in this pointless & idiotic war on drugs.

yikes

How unbelievably insensitive and disrespectful can we get. . .?

Please don't answer that question.

Hope this matter gets straightened out soon.

[ProudDad]

2. Welcome ot the USAmerican phony "war on drugs(tm)"... (n/t)

[ProudDad]

3. The other day a naive friend of mine

was arrested crossing the California/Arizona border (heading into bat-crap crazy right-wing fairy land Arizona) for carrying his medicinal pot...

[Ignis]

4. So glad we're focusing on the street ayahuasca epidemic!

:eyes:

[Odin2005]

5. Zero Tolerance idiocy is not just for schools anymore, apparently.

[Vidar]

6. His real crime is healing people without charging $100,000 dollars.

[closeupready]

8. Yep.

Sadly.

[Judi Lynn]

13. Who does he think he is, anyway? He needs to get with the program. Sarcasmo. n/t

[felix_numinous]

7. Too bad no one warned him about the situation here.

Wow what great foreign policy we have, I am so proud :sarcasm:

[Xithras]

9. He won't be convicted. I'm suprised they're even trying to prosecute.

The USSC has already ruled on similar cases. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act protects the ability of native's to possess and use otherwise controlled substances for religious purposes. The government gets it's butt kicked in court every single time it tries this.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result.

[eShirl]

11. If it's a part of a religious practice. (Has nothing to do with whether someone's "native" or not.)

http://www.udvusa.com/summary.php

[eShirl]

10. wouldn't "practicing medicine w/o a license" be the more appropriate charge?

[Richard D]

12. Here's a website

freetaitajuan.org

[Judi Lynn]

14. Thank you so much for posting the link.

Isn't it crazy this country has been pouring over $500,000,000.00 ANNUALLY into Colombia to empower a government which has been connected to a military and paramilitaries which have been driving indigenous people off their land, and selling that land to corporations?

Gets arrested here, on a mission to help someone, while living in endangered circumstances back at home, with the U.S.'s blessing to the abusers.

Unbelievable.

Over 50 or 60 separate groups in Colombia are endangered now of becoming extinct because of displacement. Hope his is not one of them, and that he makes it back home before too long.

He should NEVER have been bothered here.

So much stupidity, so little respect.

[Richard D]

16. Quite a detailed conversation about this issue

forums.ayahuasca.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=23653&sid=f5e96b97feffa8ecb9e2651ce99b3ea9

[Judi Lynn]

17. Thanks for providing this link. I didn't see it until today.

http://www.forums.ayahuasca.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=23653&sid=f5e96b97feffa8ecb9e2651ce99b3ea9

Very interesting, absolutely. n/t

[dipsydoodle]

15. Sometimes

you just can't make this shit up. Sounds like something from The Onion.

Better hide your nutmegs folks 'case the DEA come round. :rofl:

:hi: