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...testimony comes from Amado Antonio Garay, 37, a chauffeur for retired Army Captain Alvaro Saravia Merino, an associate of D'Aubuisson. In late March 1980, said Garay, acting under Saravia's instructions, he drove a dark-skinned, bearded man to the Hospital of Divine Providence. Outside the chapel, the man got out and ordered Garay to pretend he was tinkering with the car. A moment later, Garay heard a gunshot. Immediately the bearded man emerged from the chapel and got back into the car. It was only then that Garay realized the man had a rifle in his hands. Returning...
Three days later, Garay drove Saravia to a residence he said "looked like a castle." In front of the house stood D'Aubuisson, whom Garay had chauffeured on several occasions. According to Garay, who was three yards away, Saravia told D'Aubuisson, "We've done what was planned, killing Monsignor Arnulfo Romero...
...days later, Garay fled El Salvador, finding refuge in an unnamed foreign country for seven years. Then, two weeks ago, he returned, apparently under a guarantee of immunity from prosecution. Saravia had also fled abroad. One night last week in Miami, Metro-Dade County police knocked on the door of his rented Kendall town house and lured him outside by claiming that his van had been involved in a hit-and-run accident. They were suddenly joined by U.S. marshals and immigration agents, who arrested him on a charge of overstaying his tourist visa. Since Garay had implicated him just...
...case, D'Aubuisson is unlikely to be convicted -- even if the legislature strips him of his immunity. Under Salvadoran law, the same witness cannot testify against two people charged with the same crime. Garay's evidence can therefore be used only against Saravia. If D'Aubuisson goes to trial, he will face judges on the country's appeals court, which includes many ardent ARENA supporters...
With the judicial odds favoring D'Aubuisson, why did Duarte choose this time to evoke the ghost of Arnulfo Romero? The U.S. had long ago supplied all the essential details to El Salvador, including the gist of Garay's testimony, the whereabouts of Saravia, and D'Aubuisson's alleged complicity. "We've known that almost from Day 1," said a Reagan Administration source. Duarte, he added, "is playing politics. He's had this in his back pocket for a long time...
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