IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

El Salvador-take up the fight in Britain

· Socialist Challenge No. 271, 26 November 1982 · p. 9 of the scan · 258 words

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SINCE the 'born again Christian' General Rios fighting. trary. the newly liberated zones in El Salvador.

In Britain Amnesty International has called urgent action on behalf of cleven political activists arthe believed to be 'in danger of Torture and extrajudicial execution.' The National Union of Miners had already intervened behalf of Jorge Herrara, a labour leader and member of the Movinento Nacional Revolutionario, party to the British Labour Party.

The much-vaunted clections in March this RADIO Venceremos, the clandestine station of the El Salvadorean liberation movement said that another 95 government troops had been killed or wounded in the latest stage of the It also said that seven Hondurans had been killed in the Chalatenango province bordering Honduras 60 miles north of San Salvador. The Honduran government has repeatedly denied that their troops go across the border to aid Salvadoran forces but evidence is to the conOver 2000 Honduran troops are now in place along the border with 120 US 'advisors'. Columns of Honduran army transports are moving towards the border towing heavy artillery in what seems to be a full scale offensive to crush year have had no effect at all on the arbitrary killings and torturing the security forces. While the has finally been forced to try five soldiers for the rape and murder of IVUE US WOULD missionaries nearly two years ago this in no way signifies a 'change of heart".

Letters to the El Salvador are urgently needed now For information please contact Amnesty Inter national, Southampton St, London WCZE 7HF 01-8367788.

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