gary@rochester.UUCP (Gary Cottrell) (11/11/83)
From: Gary Cottrell <gary> This is popular in El Salvador: The top brass decide to go fishing. The head of defense is there, along with the head of the National Guard. They fish all day, and get nothing. Finally towards the end of the day, the Defense Minister gets a bite. He hauls it in, and it turns out to be a very small fish. He wants to throw it back, but the National Guard leader wants to keep it. Finally, the Guard leader convinces the Defense minister to give him the fish. He grabs the fish by the tail, and starts whacking it back and forth with his open hand, shouting, "Where are the big ones! Tell us where the big ones are!" gary cottrell
bloomqui@uiucuxc.UUCP (11/13/83)
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uiucuxc!bloomqui Nov 12 17:23:00 1983
This bit of humor brings home the reality of the Salvadoran system of "justice"
as evidenced by the following article on page 4 of The New York Times on Nov.
12.
"U.S. Says Salvador Suspect Did Not Kill Military Adviser"
"The United States Embassy said today that a student arrested for the
murder of an American military adviser is innocent and his confession was
obtained by the Salvadoran authorities "under duress."
A spokesman, Donald R. Hamilton, said at a news conference that the
suspect, Pedro Daniel Alvarado Rivera, is a member of the rebel Popular
Liberation Forces but did not kill the adviser, Lieut. Comdr. Albert A.
Schaufelberger 3d of the Navy, who was shot to death here (San Salvador)
last May.
Mr. Hamilton said the conclusion was based on a lie-detector test and
other evidence.
NBC News, quoting unidentified State Department officials, reported
Thursday that United States officials believed Mr. Alvarado had confessed
after five days of torture and that the police who arrested him were members
of right-wing death squads."
I bring this article to the attention of net.politics readers not because I
believe that left-wing groups in El Salvador would be more humanitarian in
their treatment of "subversives", but I feel it is important people in this
country understand what kind of people are "allies" are in El Salvador and
perhaps to ask themselves if there isn't a better way to achieve peace in
Central America.