Joaquim Vallmajó: Last Mission in Rwanda

Extended description: Vallmajó (born in Navata, a small town in northern Catalonia in 1941) had spent the last 26 years of his life in Rwanda and was one of the few missionaries who had refused to evacuate when the murdering became rampant and the civil war between the Rwandan government, in the hands of Hutu radicals, and the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), heated up. Between April and July, 500,000 to 1 million people died in Rwanda, mostly Tutsis. Vallmajó was one of the few white people murdered there. The last time Joaquim Vallmajó was seen alive was on April 26 when guerrillas from the RPF, now in power, took him from his mission. Since then, he has been officially reported as missing. Neither his colleagues, nor the Spanish Ambassador in Tanzania, nor the Spanish government, nor a Spanish investigative commission sent by the U.N. have attained anything but evasive responses from Rwandan authorities. 30 MINUTS visited Rwanda to find out more about Vallmajó's death. The team has been able to determine fairly precisely the date and place where Vallmajó was buried and, for the first time, has obtained an official statement from the Rwandan government acknowledging its responsibility in the death of the Catalan missionary. Through evidence in documents written by Vallmajó himself and statements from his friends and colleagues, the program delves into the reasons for his murder while analyzing recent Rwandan history. Joaquim Vallmajó was a man who was personally, politically and socially committed to the land he had chosen as his home and he had denounced the continuous violations of human rights by the former ruling party, as well as by th RPF, on a number of occasions. The report looks at Rwanda's difficult situation today: a country destroyed by civil war whose people have been persecuted or have had to flee. As thousands of Rwandans are still burying their dead and waiting to see the perpetrators of this act of genocide brought to justice, a family in Navata is also waiting as they mourn the death of their son. DP HOME CAVANT UNA FOSA COMU SOTA LA MIRADA D'ALTRA GENT - IMATGES DE VIDEO DOMESTIC AMB JOAQUIM VALLMAJO DONANT CLASSES I JUGANT AMB NENS DP FAMILIA VALLMAJO REPASSANT FOTOS I CARTES DEL MISSIONER PM MARTI VALLMAJO, GERMA DE JOAQUIM, LLEGEIX LES CARTES DP FOTOS BIOGRAFIQUES DE JOAQUIM VALLMAJO PM JSEP FRIGOLA, PARE BLANC, AMIC DE VALLMAJO, PARLA D'ELL PP ALICE DES FORGES, PORTAVEU HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, PARLA DE LES AMENACES REBUDES PER VALLMAJO PM EMMANUEL RUTSINDINT WARANE, RECTOR DE BYUMBA, DIU QUE VALLMAJO VA MORIR PER DEFENSAR LA JUSTICIA I PARLA DE LA SEVA RELACIO AMB EL FPR - IMATGES B/N BARALLES AL CARRER ENTRE HUTUS I TUTSIS (ANYS 60) PG SOLDATS DISPARANT UN BAZOKA (1990) DP GUERRILLERS DEL FPR CANTANT DALT D'UN CAMIO DP REFUGIATS MARXANT DP CAMPS DE REFUGIATS: HOME BARALLANT-SE PER UN COSI - FOTOS DE REFUGIATS, MORTS I FERITSA FETES PER VALLMAJO - VEU EN OFF DE VALLMAJO EXPLICANT LES AMENACES QUE AH REBUT DP INSTRUCCIO MILITAR AMB FUSELLS DE FUSTA PM JEAN KAMBANDA, EX-PRIMER MINISTRE, INSTANT A LA GENT A ARMAR-SE ARX PG/DP HOMES AMB MATXETS CONTROLANT L'ENTRADA A UNA POBLACIO ARX PG MORTS A TERRA - VEU ENREGISTRADA PER RADIO COLLINES CANTANT UNA CANCO INDUINTAL GENOCIDI DELS TUTSI ZI/DP ALOMS BAZAYIRE MOSTRA EN UN DOCUMENT EL NOM DELS SEUS SIS FILLS ASSASSINATS I EXPLICA ELS FETS PG - FOTO B/N FAMILIA BAZAYIRE PM MARE PLORANT DP/PP CADAVERS I RESTES OSSIES A L'INTERIOR D'UNA ESGLESIA PP CALAVERES A TERRA ARX PAN/DP CADAVERS ESCAMPATS PELS CARRERS PA NEN EXPLICA COM VAN MATAR ELS SEUS PARES ARX PG OCCIDENTALS DINS UN CAMIO ARX DP MISSIO DE MONGES PM JOSE M. SAINZ-PASTOR, AMBAIXADOR ESPANYOL, EXPLICA QUE VALLMAJO VA VOLER QUEDAR-SE I DE LES EXPLICACIONS DONADES PEL FPR SOBRE LA SEVA MORT PP GUY THEUNIS, PARE BLANC,EX-MISISONER RWANDA, PARLA DE VALLMAJO ZI MAPA MUNDI GRAVAT A LA PARET DE LA MISSIO DP INTERIOR/EXTERIOR DE LA MISSIO DE BYUMBA DP CARRERS DE BYUMBA ZB COTXE DE VALLMAJO (?) ZI CARTA D'UNA MONJA TESTIMONI DE LA DESAPARICIO DE VALLMAJO ARX PM ALEXIS KANYARENGWE, PRESIDENT DEL FPR PM ALEXIS KANYARENGWE DIU QUE EL VAN INFORMAR DE LA DESAPARICIO D'UN PARE BLANC I QUE NO SABIA QUE VALLMAJO VOLIA VEURE'L DP ESCOLA AGRARIA CONSTRUIDA PER VALLMAJO PG TURO ON HI HA UNA FOSA COMUNA, ON POT ESTAR ENTERRAT VALLMAJO PM TESTIMONI EXPLICA ELS FETS PP CYRIL WIEME, GERMA ESCOLES CRISTIANES BYUMBA, DIU QUE EL VAN MATAR PER VENJANCA, NO PER DETERMINACIO PG ENTRENAMENT MILITAR DEL FPR PM SETH SENDASHONGA, MINISTRE D'INTERIOR RWANDA, DIU QUE ELEMENTS INDISCIPLINATS PODIEN HAVER MORT VALLMAJO GUY THEUNIS, DIU QUE NO VAN SER INDISCIPLINATS PERQUE HO TENIEN TOT SOTA CONTROL. DIU QUE VALLMAJO VA DENUNCIAR ELS ABUSOS DEL FPR I QUE D'ALTRA BANDA, L'ESGLESIA ES VA EQUIVOCAR AL PACTAR, EN ALTES INSTANCIES, AMB EL GOVERN HUTU PG/DP HOMES CANTANT I BALLANT DURANT UN ENTRENAMENT MILITAR PM JOSE M SAINZ-PASTOR, AMBAIXADOR, DIU QUE PROBABLEMENT NO HI HAVIA UNA ORDRE DES DE DALT DP/PG GENT ENTRANT A MISSA DP MISSA: HOMILIA RECORDANT VALLMAJO PP E. RUTSINDIN WARANE DIU QUE L'ESGLESIA TE RESPONSABILITAT PERQUE HAVIA PACTAT AMB ELS HUTU PP S. SENDASHONGA. MINISTRE INTERIOR, PARLA IMPLICACIO DE L'ESGLESIA A LAGUERRA DP/PP CASES DESTROSSADES AMB IMPACTES DE PROJECTILS PG/DP PRESONERS ENTRANT A LA PRESO DE KIGALI DP HOMES AMUNTEGATS A LA PRESO ZB CADAVER TAPAT DP/PP PRESONERS MOLT PRIMS MOSTREN SENYALS DE TORTURA PP ALPHONSE M N'KUBITO, MINISTRE DE JUSTICIA, DIU QUE NO SON EFICACOS PERQUE NO TENEN MITJANS DP/VA CAMPS DE REFUGIATS PP PEUS CALCANT BOTES MILITARS PM EUGENE NAHIMANA, PORTAVEU REFUGIATS GOMA, DIU QUE TENEN ARMES PG VEHICLE DE L'ONU AL CAMP DP VIDA QUOTIDIANA AL CAMP DE REFUGIATS PM DAMAS KALIKUTIMA, DIRIGENT MILICIES INTERHAMWE, DIUS QUE ELKLS NO HAN FET UN GENOCIDI PM ATANASE GASAKE, DIRIGENT MILITAR REFUGIAT, DIU QUE VA MORIR GENT DELS DOS COSTATS PM JOSE M. SAINZ-PASTOR, DIU QUE HI HA HAGUT DUES COSES, UN GENOCIDI I CRIMS DE GUERRA PG HOMES EXCAVANT UNA FOSA COMUNA DP GENT MIRANT DP HOME ACUSAT DELS ASSASSINATS INTENTA DEFENSAR-SE VOLTAT DE GENT DP ENTERRAMENT CATOLIC DE MORTS EXTRETS DE LA FOSA COMUNA In April of 1994, in the midst of the massacre in Rwanda, the Catalan missionary Joaquim Vallmajó disappeared. Original language summary: L'abril del 1994 desapareixia, enmig de les matances a Ruanda, el missioner català Joaquim Vallmajó.