~~~~ This is not a CISPES report but another
organization's post on the violence in El Salvador. It
is important to note that the attacks on civilians,
and the death squad activity, comes at the same time
the ruling ARENA party held a public tribute to one of
its founders, a man who also founded the death squads
of the 70's and 80's and who organized the
assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero.
CISPES notes that rightwing death squads have also
fired into police units during demonstrations to
demonize and bring oppression on demonstrators.
CISPES-L.A.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
{Deep in this account is reporting of the death squad
murders of the parents of the co-founder of RADIO
VENCEREMOS}
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Student Protest Against Bus Fare Hike Ends in
Bloodshed in San Salvador
July 5, 2006
Police opened fire on student demonstrators outside
the gates of El Salvador National University on
Wednesday. Protesters had blocked rush hour traffic at
a busy intersection to protest recent
government-sanctioned hikes in bus fares and
electricity rates.. Traffic was stalled for blocks and
tension grew as police massed in preparation to take
control of the area. Both groups waited for a march
of high school students that arrived from a nearby
park. When police tried to arrest two students in the
on-coming march, others reacted by attacking a bank
ATM, prompting police to fire tear gas. When the march
arrived at the blockaded intersection, students
rallied, but a sudden volley of gunshots scattered
everyone. A number of students and police fell to the
ground. The majority of students sought refuge inside
University gates. Local television focused on police
who had been shot and showed gruesome images of those
who had suffered bullet wounds, apparently from a
semi-automatic, high-caliber weapon. It was unclear
who had fired that weapon. Two police were reported
killed and nine more had been interred at local
hospitals. As of this writing, an unknown number of
students have been shot, with three reported dead. A
number of critically wounded students were trapped on
University grounds, unable to access medical care.
Police helicopters fired on protesters inside the
University complex, injuring Herbert Rivas, Director
of Multidisciplinary Faculty. Other students
reportedly suffered similar fates.
El Salvador Human Right Ombudswoman Beatrice Carrillo
condemned the violence and lamented the casualties.
still waiting for a complete report and from no point
of view can one identify with the use of violence. The
deaths of the agents are reprehensible, just as the
increase in bus fare is reprehensible,?she said. For
many, the sounds, images, and dead have triggered
harsh memories of El Salvador 1980-1992 armed
conflict, which left 80,000 civilians dead, mostly at
the hands of government forces. During those years,
trademark helicopter gun ships loomed overhead
throughout El Salvador remote rural interior. The
soldiers stationed inside were responsible for killing
countless numbers of innocents.
Currently, police have locked down the University and
blocked foot and vehicular traffic within a half mile
of the campus. the University has been locked down by
police. Late Wednesday night, police entered
University grounds in strict violation of legal codes
guarding University autonomy, presumably to
investigate the murders of the officers. Morning
newspapers reported 20 arrests. Today police action
comes in the wake of the brutal assassinations of
Francisco Antonio Manzanares y Juana Monjar de
Manzanares in their home in Suchitoto, 20 miles
northeast of San Salvador.
The gruesome murders bolstered rumors of renewed
death-squad activity in El Salvador. The Manzanares,
parents of Radio Venceremos co-founder Marina
Manzanares, were tortured for hours then killed in
their home on the morning of Sunday July 2. Their
bodies were found slashed and bleeding. Lye had been
carefully spread on the victim's faces and there were
signs of a failed
attempt to set the room afire.
The killings have terrorized locals in this normally
tranquil village. On Sunday and Monday, neither
reporters nor police could find anyone who had heard
anything about the murders, much less witnessed them.
TAKE ACTION!
1. Call President Saca and Minister of the Interior
Ren?Figueroa to denounce the attacks by the
Salvadorean riot police and the occupation of the
autonomous space of the National University campus.
President Saca: 011-503-2248-9000
Rene Figueroa: 011-503-2233-7000
Ask the operator for the extension “seguridad
ciudadana.?You can call even if you speak very little
Spanish. Simply say “Estoy preocupada/preocupado por
los derechos humanos de los estudiantes. La
policia no debe de invadir la universidad nacional.
Cese la represi? de inocentes y de los movimientos de oposici
CISPES
Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador
8124 West 3rd Street L.A. Ca. 90048
323-852-0721
Founded: 1980 - 25 Years of Solidarity
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