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Agustin Aguayo
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By Kevin Dougherty, Stars and Stripes. January 13, 2007
A medic who went absent without leave in September to avoid a second tour in Iraq has been formally charged with desertion and missing movement, according to a U.S. Army spokesman.
If convicted of both offenses, Spc. Agustin Aguayo, with the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, could receive a maximum prison term of seven years, said Maj. Eric Bloom, spokesman for the Joint Multinational Training Command in Grafenwöhr, Germany. He also faces the forfeiture of all pay and allowances, demotion to the lowest enlisted rank and a dishonorable discharge.
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 Agustin Aguayo speaks to supporters and media outside Mission Los Angeles on September 26, 2006. photo by: Lori Hurlebaus
Agustin Aguayo is still imprisoned and Germany for following his conscience and refusing a second deployment to Iraq. Please send letters of support to him today! "It makes a huge difference to have the support letters and gives him resolve and strength," says Helga Aguayo, Agustin's wife. Send letters of support to:
SPC Agustín Aguayo
Unit 29723 Box LL
APO, AE 09028-3810
For additional information about Agustin's case and to donate visit www.AguayoDefense.org
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By Matt Apuzzo, The Associated Press, November 21, 2006
WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court is rereading cases from the Vietnam era as it considers whether to allow an honorable discharge for an Army medic who announced his objections to war on the eve of his deployment to Iraq.
Appeals courts heard several cases on "conscientious objectors" during the Vietnam War draft but such appeals are much more rare in an all-volunteer military. Agustin Aguayo, who enlisted in 2002 during the lead-up to the Iraq war, is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to release him from a military prison. It is believed to be the first federal appeal in a conscientious objector case during the Iraq war.
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By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes, November 22, 2006
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Spc. Agustin Aguayo on Tuesday asked a federal appeals panel to overturn both the Army’s decision to deny the medic conscientious objector status and a court ruling earlier this year backing the Army’s finding.
Attorney Peter Goldberger said the Army failed to present a clear argument why his client — a 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment soldier — didn’t qualify for a discharge from the service on a basis of his beliefs, and that it must be held accountable by the civilian courts.
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Why This Case Is Important
by attorneys Peter Goldberger, James Klimaski, and J.E. McNeil Army Specialist Agustin Aguayo -- a Mexican-born, naturalized U.S. citizen from Los Angeles and a veteran of the Iraq War -- is in a U.S. military prison in Germany awaiting court martial and a possible jail sentence of up to seven years for refusing a second deployment to Iraq. Meanwhile, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is considering Aguayo’s appeal of the Army’s refusal to release him from the military on the grounds that he is a conscientious objector; the Court will hear oral argument about his case on November 21. If Aguayo prevails in his appeal, the Army will be required to recognize his sincere conscientious objection and discharge him.
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SUPPORT ARMY SPC. AGUSTIN AGUAYO
Iraq War Veteran – Conscientious Objector
Imprisoned awaiting court martial for refusing to return to Iraq
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER DINNER WITH HELGA AGUAYO
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2007
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
War Memorial Veterans Building, Room 223 (Second Floor)
401 Van Ness Avenue (across from City Hall), San Francisco
Please join us for a community dinner with Agustin’s wife Helga Aguayo to raise funds for the Aguayo family’s legal and travel expenses. Agustin faces a military court martial in Germany, and seven year’s in prison, on March 6 for refusing to return to Iraq. For nearly three years, he has unsuccessfully fought the Army for a conscientious objector discharge.
For more information about the Aguayo’s, including leaflets, videos, etc.:
www.couragetoresist.org and www.aguayodefense.org
If you can’t make the dinner, please consider an urgently needed and much appreciated tax-deductible donation to Agustin’s defense fund. Online at www.couragetoresist.org/donate – or make check payable to “Courage to Resist / IHC”, note “Agustin Aguayo defense” on the memo line, and send to: Courage to Resist, 484 Lake Park Ave #41, Oakland CA 94610.
Dinner hosted by Courage to Resist and Veterans for Peace SF Bay Area Chapter 69.
Co-sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, SF Code Pink, Watada Support Committee, APIs Resist! and Not in Our Name-Bay Area.
(If your organization can would like to contribute as a co-sponsor, please contact us!)
For more information: 510-764-2073 |
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 FILL THE COURTROOM!
FREE IRAQ VETERAN AGUSTIN AGUAYO!
Aguayo vs. the Secretary of the Army
Tuesday, November 21st
Court of Appeals in U.S. District Court, 5th Floor
333 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC (near Judiciary Square Metro Station).
8:15am - Press Conference
John Marshall Park between District Court & Canadian Embassy
8:45 to 9:30am - Court security clearance, press & visitors. Bring picture ID,
no cameras.
9:30am - Oral argument of the attorneys in Agustin Aguayo's federal court appeal.
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On November 21st, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard Agustin Aguayo's appeal in his case against the Secretary of the Army for refusing to recognize that he is a conscientious objector. 
