Subject: [Peoples War] Paraguay: torture of leftist lead to minister resignation http://www.misna.org/eng/notizia.asp?id=58628 PARAGUAY, 1 FEB 2002 (16:4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MINISTER OF INTERIOR PRESENTS LETTER OF RESIGNATION FOLLOWING TORTURES AGAINST EXECUTIVES OF LEFT WI (BRIEF, POLITICS/ECONOMY) The Paraguayan Minister of Interior Julio Fanego, presented his resignation to the President Luis Gonzales Macchi, following the incident that involved two executives of the left wing party, abducted and tortured by presumed police agents. The head of State announced the news and specified that he has not yet accepted and is still evaluating Fanego’s letter of dismissal, awaiting to receive more detailed information on the episode which pushed Fanego to resign. Juan Arrom, leader of the Marxist ‘Free Homeland Movement’ was abducted last January 17 and released last Wednesday after being brutally beaten up, together with one of his collaborators, journalist Anuncio Martí, who also object of abuses. Arrom was accused by the police for the kidnapping of Maria Edith Bordon, wife of a well known local businessman, released after 64 days of captivity following the ransom payment of 2 million dollars. The investigators are carrying out further enquiries on what happened to Arrom and Martí, national civil police are thought to be involved. The ‘Free Homeland Movement’, which defines itself as an ‘anti-imperialist movement, was founded in 1990 by Arrom and according to local press sources it is ideologically close to the FARC (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces) guerrillas. (CO) _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
