Word: estella
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Those in our country who speak out are captured, mistreated, and tortured," said a Salvadoran refugee using the assumed name of Estella Ramirez, who was arrested three times before she escaped to the United States...
Dozens of local reporters and national television media scrambled to make 11 p.m. news broadcasts with stories of torture, rape and death squads from "Estella Ramirez," "Saul" and "Sonia"-pseudonyms for real life survivors of war-torn Central America...
During the day Estella has been learning English and knitting a rug. She also helps workers in the Central American Solidarity Association and New Institute of Central America offices at the Baptist church. She says she has met "muchos amigos" since she has been in Cambridge which include people from her homeland...
Some of the Central Americans she talked to live in sanctuary with private families, which is what Estella may do after she leaves the Baptist church's sanctuary this week. Most Central American refugees stay in sanctuary with churches for a limited time in order to protest U.S. deportation policies...
...Estella says she will go underground after she leaves the church but will still maintain contact in case of an emergencies when she needs protection...