harelb@cabot.dartmouth.edu (Harel Barzilai) (06/08/91)
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Amnesty International reports on (see bottom):
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Who Runs the ``Death Squads''?
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"The testimony of armed forces personnel, the details of thousands
of case studies and other information examined by Amnesty
International lead to the conclusion that actions attributed by
authorities to "death squads" are routinely carried out by regular
units of the armed forces which include the military and the
security services, and by special intelligence units that
incorporate civilian gunmen under their supervision and control."
[Conclusions, p. 44]
"Amnesty International has concluded that the Salvadoran `death
squads' are simply used to shield the government from
accountability for the torture, `disappearance' and extrajudicial
executions committed in their name. The squads are made up of
*regular army and police agents*, acting in uniform or plain
clothes, *under the orders of superior officers*." [emphasis
added] [Who Runs the ``Death Squads''", pp. 8-9]
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[This 50 page report, with pictures (which are clearer in the Spanish
edition), is only $5 from Amnesty International, Publications, 322
Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10001. Ask for "El Salvador: ``Death
Squads'' -- A Government Strategy", first published in October, 1988;
or call Amnesty at: (212)807-8400 (ask for "publications")]
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