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...cases of imprisoned Cubans one by one, it eventually became clear that many of the suspected "criminals" were nothing of the sort. Some had been jailed in Cuba only for misdemeanors or for acts not considered illegal in the U.S., and others were innocent of virtually any wrongdoing. Ignacio Ruiz de Armes, for example, told TIME Correspondent Anne Constable that he had been jailed in Cuba for refusing to serve in the armed forces as well as for stealing a boat to escape from the island. Says he: "There are many here who do not represent any kind of threat...
...paramilitary members. President Jose Napoleon Duarte went so far as to state publicly that the foreign press "collaborates with the left." Many reporters, including the New York Times's Alan Riding, have received death threats and cannot return to El Salvador. A writer for Mexico's Uno Mas Uno, Ignacio Rodriguez Terrazas, was murdered several months ago. Says Richard Meislin, who formerly covered Nicaragua for the New York Times. "Although I'd be interested in visiting El Salvador, I'm not so crazy as to be a reporter there now." The fact that most articles about El Salvador...
...only for a moment. Two of the men, Guillermo Novo Sampol, 39, and Alvin Ross Diaz, 46, had just been found guilty of first-degree murder in the bomb-killing in Washington of former Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier, 44, on Sept. 21, 1976. A third, Guillermo's brother Ignacio, 40, was convicted of perjury and failure to report a crime...
Guillermo and Ross could get life terms when sentenced next month. Ignacio may receive 13 years in jail. The Justice Department, meanwhile, will try to extradite from Chile Contreras and two other ex-DINA colleagues who Townley says helped plot the murder. The Pinochet regime is not expected to oblige...
Guillermo Novo and Alvin Ross Diaz could receive life prison terms and Novo's brother Ignacio faces a maximum 13 years in prison after his conviction on two counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of covering up the crime...