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...wielded the weapon, according to Mexican police, was the cult's ringleader, Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo, 26, a lanky, red-haired Cuban American who grew up in Miami. Constanzo, still being sought at week's end, inspired such fervent loyalty among his followers that he was known as El Padrino, the Godfather...
Texas officials credited the discovery of El Padrino's cult in part to Mexico City's drug crackdown along the border, but that was small comfort to the families of Mark Kilroy and the other dead. As relatives of more than 100 missing people crowded Matamoros' funeral homes to learn if their loved ones were among the victims, whispers of other demonic bands and hideous deeds swept the Rio Grande valley. As preposterous as the rumors were, they would have sounded far more bizarre a week ago, before the tale of El Padrino and his followers became known...
Garcia, a lawyer who taught at the University of El Salvador before he fled the country for Mexico, said El Salvador has been torn by abuse and struggle for many years. He said the human rights violations began as "low-intensity warfare"--political imprisonment and the assassination of individuals who critcized the government...
Speaking in Spanish through an interpreter, Garcia said that the $4 billion the U.S. has sent to El Salvador, much of it in the form of military aid, has made it difficult for opposition groups to protect human rights...
Garcia said that the right-wing party in El Salvador that won the country's national elections in March supports a policy of "total war" against FMLN. However, he said that FMLN's powerbase in the country has grown, giving the country opportunity for peace...