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Subject: Re: El Salvador Joke - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 12-Nov-83 22:52:35 EST
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uiucuxc!bloomqui    Nov 12 17:23:00 1983

This bit of humor brings home the reality of the Salvadoran system of "justice"
as evidenced by the following article on page 4 of The New York Times on Nov.
12.

          "U.S. Says Salvador Suspect Did Not Kill Military Adviser"

    "The United States Embassy said today that a student arrested for the
murder of an American military adviser is innocent and his confession was
obtained by the Salvadoran authorities "under duress."

     A spokesman, Donald R. Hamilton, said at a news conference that the
suspect, Pedro Daniel Alvarado Rivera, is a member of the rebel Popular
Liberation Forces but did not kill the adviser, Lieut. Comdr. Albert A.
Schaufelberger 3d of the Navy, who was shot to death here (San Salvador)
last May.

     Mr. Hamilton said the conclusion was based on a lie-detector test and
other evidence.

     NBC News, quoting unidentified State Department officials, reported
Thursday that United States officials believed Mr. Alvarado had confessed
after five days of torture and that the police who arrested him were members
of right-wing death squads."


I bring this article to the attention of net.politics readers not because I
believe that left-wing groups in El Salvador would be more humanitarian in
their treatment of "subversives", but I feel it is important people in this
country understand what kind of people are "allies" are in El Salvador and
perhaps to ask themselves if there isn't a better way to achieve peace in
Central America.