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...next morning, an 18-year-old boy who had attended was found dead. Only three people turned out for the next meeting. Human rights groups focus on atrocities by the armed forces, but the F.M.L.N. is also guilty of abuses. In April two men in the village of La Periquera were executed by the guerrillas for failing to pay a "war tax." In another town, the F.M.L.N. announced it would execute the mayor for supposed complicity with the army. The mayor could not be found, so his brother was killed instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: Riddled with Fear | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

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