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- From el diario/La Prensa 12/14/92
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- Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is
- a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.
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- El Salvador's Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front Demobilizes
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- In preparation for the Dec. 15 deadline, Javier Castillo, of
- the FMLN's Reconstruction and Development Commission, said at a
- press conference that the last 20% of the guerrillas will be
- demobilized from the 15 camps where they were concentrated. The
- destruction of weapons has been taking place at these camps.
- Castillo said, "For us it [Dec. 15] is an extremely important
- day, because it ratifies the end of the war and also the Frente's
- decision to continue now in a political, economic and social
- mobilization." However, he said, negotiations are still open and
- are still being carried out. The FMLN is fulfiling its
- commitment, Castillo said, and if the government fulfills its
- end, then Dec. 15 will indeed see the end of the war. To date the
- FMLN has demobilized 7,229 combatants, and some 1,700 have yet to
- be disarmed. The FMLN will be recognized as a legal political
- party 24 hours after the complete demobilization of its
- combatants. Then it will put all its efforts into preparing for
- the March, 1994 elections. (edlp 12/14/92 from EFE)
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- Truth Commission Visits Site of 1980 Salvadoran Massacre
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- The delegates from the Truth Commission which grew out of
- the Salvadoran peace accords went on Dec. 13 to Las Vueltas, in
- the northern department of Chalatenango, where some 600 peasants
- were massacred on May 14, 1980. They interviewed survivors and
- witnesses to the massacre which took place along the Sumpul River
- at the Honduran border with El Salvador. Members of the
- Commission include former Colombian president Belisario Betancur
- and former Venezuelan foreign minister Reinaldo Figueredo, as
- well as a judge from the Interamerican Court on Human Rights,
- Thomas Buergenthal.
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- The 600 peasants were killed as they tried to flee from the
- first big operation carried out by the Salvadaron army and
- National Guard at the beginning of the twelve year civil war. The
- Honduran army participated in the massacre, which was part of a
- "scorched earth" policy, that is, an attempt to annihilate any
- organized communities along the El Salvador-Honduras border.
- (edlp 12/14/92 from NOTIMEX)
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