En junio de 2009. Guillermo Capellán directivo de World Wide Parapsychological Association
MILTON GONZÁLEZ – medium.com- El arresto en Colombo: En junio de 2009, el Departamento de Investigación Criminal (CID) de Sri Lanka detuvo a Chandrasiri Bandara bajo acusación de representar una amenaza para la seguridad nacional. La detención ocurrió luego de que Bandara predijera públicamente que el entonces presidente, Mahinda Rajapaksa, fuera expulsado del poder o asesinado en septiembre de ese mismo año.
Chandrasiri Bandara
- La defensa desde Argentina: Tras conocerse la noticia, el astrólogo argentino Don Zodiac Guille, Guillermo Capellán, de Salta, envió un correo electrónico oficial al presidente Rajapaksa solicitando clemencia y la liberación inmediata de Bandara, argumentando que su predicción podía tratarse simplemente de un error de interpretación.
Guillermo Capellán
- Campaña internacional: En su rol como miembro del Directorio de la World Wide Parapsychological Association , Guillermo Capellán instó a todos los periódicos de Asia y Europa a reemplazar sus secciones diarias de horóscopos con una petición formal exigiendo la libertad del astrólogo detenido.
Luego de la petición de Capellán, Bandara permaneció detenido cerca de dos semanas antes de ser liberado bajo fianza por un tribunal de Colombo, y el caso judicial fue posteriormente desestimado. El Presidente Mahinda Rajapaksa escuchó la súplica del esotérico astrologal de Salta (Argentina), director de la Asociación Mundial de Parapsicología. (Fuente ALL Voices)
Mahinda Rajapaksa – expresidente de Sri Lanka (2009)
Capellán, en honor a su extinto amigo, creó una nueva estructura astrológica del Horóscopo Védico-Hindú equivalente al Horóscopo Occidental a la que denominó: ZodiacGuille Védico en homenaje a su Colega Chandrasiri Bandara de Colombo, Sri Lanka y se recluyó en su Casa del Cerro Aracar 808, Valle Hermoso de San Luis, Ciudad de Salta.
Fuente: Milton González – Medium.com
FUENTE:
1.- Guillermo Capellán (“Don ZodiacGuille”), an astrologer and broadcaster from Salta, Argentina, publicly campaigned for Chandrasiri Bandara’s release during the 2009 detention. Acting as chairman of the World Wide Parapsychological Association, Capellán appealed directly to the Sri Lankan presidency and Asian media on Bandara’s behalf.
Details of Guillermo Capellán’s Intervention
- Direct Appeal to Sri Lanka: In 2009, Capellán sent an email to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa asking for clemency (“Please, MERCY for Chandrasiri”), noting that Bandara’s prediction might simply have been a mistake and referencing Rajapaksa’s Sagittarius zodiac sign. [1]
- International Campaign: Representing the World Wide Parapsychological Association, Capellán urged newspapers across Asia to publish his petition demanding Bandara’s freedom. [1]
- Background on Guillermo Capellán: Based in Salta, Argentina, Capellán is a journalist, astrologer, and owner of the local station Radio de la Gente (FM 104.9), where he continues to publish his daily ZodiacGuille horoscopes.
FUENTE:
2. Argentine Astrologer Led International Campaign to Free Jailed Sri Lankan Seer in 2009
SALTA / COLOMBO — When prominent Sri Lankan astrologer Chandrasiri Bandara was arrested in Colombo in June 2009 over a political prediction, an unexpected diplomatic and media appeal emerged from northern Argentina. Guillermo Capellán, a veteran journalist and astrologer from Salta widely known as “Don ZodiacGuille,” spearheaded an international campaign demanding his colleague’s release.
Bandara, who passed away in April 2024 at the age of 63, was detained by Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on June 24, 2009. His arrest followed remarks at an opposition gathering and a newspaper column in which he forecast that then-President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be ousted and replaced by the prime minister later that year. Authorities questioned him over alleged threats to national security before a Colombo court ordered his release roughly two weeks later.
As news of the detention drew global attention, Capellán—acting in his capacity as chairman of the World Wide Parapsychological Association—intervened directly. He sent an urgent email appeal to President Rajapaksa pleading for clemency (“Please, MERCY for Chandrasiri”), suggesting the forecast could simply be a professional miscalculation while making a pointed reference to the Sri Lankan leader’s Sagittarius zodiac sign.
Beyond the direct appeal to Colombo, Capellán called upon newspapers across Asia to suspend their daily horoscope columns and replace them with a petition advocating for Bandara’s freedom—a move that amplified the case in international press circles.
Based in Salta, Argentina, Guillermo Capellán continues his career in broadcasting and journalism as the owner of Radio de la Gente (FM 104.9), where he remains a well-known voice through his daily ZodiacGuille segments.
