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...another ominous development: rising violence by rightist death squads. For the past month the Reagan Administration has stepped up pressure on the Salvadoran government to clamp down on the murderous crews, but last week's signals were confusing at best. First the State Department denied a U.S. visa to Roberto d'Aubuisson, president of El Salvador's Constituent Assembly and head of the right-wing ARENA Party, some of whose members have been linked to the killings. The next day, however, President Reagan vetoed a bill that would have extended a provision under which U.S. military...
Probably, you would expect even a small gesture in return from Washington. But no such luck. When your Interior Minister Tomas Borge applies for a visa to travel to this country, he is turned down...
...great political error," said a Latin American diplomat referring to the visa denial. "People are always worrying that Reagan does not know how to play this delicate game of international relations." Such concerns are hardly new; the Administration has proven remarkably adept at sending the wrong signals in the past, particularly concerning Central America. But what makes last week's two "initiatives" so grating is the fact that Washington botched one clear cut opportunity to reduce tensions in the region and soured the fruit one long term policy had begun to bear...
...from this country of Salvadoran human rights excesses appeared of late to be producing a few positive results: for example, the Ministry of Defense transfered and demoted several officers accused of rights violations, including the intelligence heads of the Treasury Police--noted rights abusers--and the National Police. The visa denial and the bill veto put at least a temporary chill on both developments...
...Amico and his staff of two investigators work for First Data Resources, a private company which has contracts with area banks and the national credit cards Mastercard and Visa. He is responsible for investigating all credit card fraud in New England and New York...