christic@labrea.Stanford.EDU (06/08/91)
/* Written 5:59 am Jun 7, 1991 by cuanes in cdp:carnet.alerts */ /* ---------- "CUANES Alert 6-6-91" ---------- */ CUANES Alert 6-6-91 (Alert no. 308) Tuesday May 28, 1991, two dental health workers were detained by the military and summarily conscripted into the armed forces on the spot, while in route to the Diocese of Chalatenango as part of the ongoing implementation of the oral health program there. The oral health program is an extremely valuable program providing many people their only opportunity for dental care. The program is strongly supported by the churches in the country. The two men were first taken by soldiers of the 1st Brigade, and later sent to the 3rd Military Detachment in La Union, on the other side of the country. They remain in effect forcibly and involuntarily drafted, despite local attempts to gain their release. The dental health workers being held are: Gabriel Fernando Alvarado Gomez, dob 3/18/72, son of Jose Gavriel Alvarado and Edilia Gomez de Alvarado, from the village of El Palmo, municipality San Francisco Javier, Usulutan. Adilio Abelino Landaverde, dob 11/10/64, son of Francisco Salvador Landaverde and Maria del Carmen Sanchez de Landaverde, residents of the repopulated community El Tremedal, Chalatenango. REQUESTED ACTION: Telexes, faxes, phone calls requesting the release of the two men who provide badly needed health care which the government does not adequately offer. Insist that the physical integrity of both men be respected. 1. Telephone (in Spanish): Colonel Jose Mario Godinez Castillo Commanding Officer of 3d Military Detachment 011-503-64-4392 or 011-503-64-4047 2. Telex or fax : General Gilberto Rubio Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (Estado Mayor) telex: 20346 fax: 011-503-98-2018 To send a telex or fax: 1-800-827-2831 Sample telex at Worldlink - CUANES 308A