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...members flatly condemned the country's abysmal human rights record (see box). In a tense confrontation with right-wing Constituent Assembly President Roberto d'Aubuisson, AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland angrily questioned D'Aubuisson's charges that Samuel Maldonado, leader of the 100,000-strong Salvadoran Communal Union, a peasant organization that has close ties to U.S. labor groups, had collaborated with leftist guerrillas...
...enough to shock even Salvadorans, who are inured to almost daily reports of disappearances and murder. During the midday television news, a home videotape flickered across the screen. Seated in front of a purple-and-white Salvadoran flag, three men nervously confessed to past membership in the Salvadoran Communist Party. That very morning, said the news announcer, the right-wing group that sent the tape had condemned the three men to death on a charge of "high treason." The terrorists then strangled the men and a female doctor, and afterward dumped the bodies in a San Salvador parking...
Human rights activists and Western diplomats believe that many of the death squads are led by officers in the Salvadoran army and security forces. The recent upsurge in their activity appears to reflect the mounting frustrations of the ultraright, which has seen its power gradually erode over the past year. The right failed to gain control of key ministries after the March 1982 elections, and it has also been unable to derail the government's programs to redistribute land more equitably. Making matters worse, in the right's view, the Salvadoran Peace Commission, sponsored by the interim administration...
When the smoke cleared, as many as 40 residents of Tenancingo and 20 government troops had been killed. The guerrillas escaped with at least 20 casualties. Salvadoran military officials claimed that government pilots had not intended to strike the town center and had been misdirected by insurgents using captured radios. The commander who led the counterattack apologized to the people of Tenancingo, explaining that the brutal bombing raid had been an "exception." Nevertheless, the incident was bound to set back government efforts to pacify and repopulate wartorn areas of the country. It was also sure to draw the wrath...
Congress also turned its attention to El Salvador last week. In a quick, unanimous vote, the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a one-year extension of the requirement that U.S. aid to El Salvador be linked to evidence that the Salvadoran government is making progress in improving human rights. As the national bipartisan com- mission on Central America headed by former Secretary of |State Henry Kissinger pre| pared to set off on a six-nation fact-finding tour of the region next week, there was little doubt that the Administration could still use all the advice on Central America that...