"UTvuDiKS fro* presidentag AN-. IVIL
PF&ceedincs which UL silted IN THE release OfolfolIRlAM, THE salvadoran army officer implicated in the murder of. citizens in el salvador,
BEING closelt investigated rt ARTURO ZELEDON OF the supreme court. castrillo has already concluded "hat the release OF lopez was the resl'ltomplete "whitewash"THE PART OF the judges handling the case. incusing THl then ACTING president of the supreme COURT whoELATIVE
ocardo ernesto alfonsoHf fcAS IMPLICATED IN THE CASEITNESS and WHO FLEO THE COUNTRY.
2. GENERAL josearcia)j. MINISTER OF DEFENSE, and COLONELima. chief OF the ARMED FORCES GENERAL STAFF. strongly support the castrillo investigation of this case WHICH THEY expect will LEAD to the active pursuitHE LEGAL CASE and. probably. TO the conclusion that lopez andvila are guilty of involvement in the murders.
1, ovember, flores lima said. pressure ON the salvadoran government and military command TO prosecute LOPEZ andviu has not provoked seriousmerican SENTIMENT within the salvadoran officer corps. flores lima
noted that this issue was raisedovember meeting of somefficers involved inAJOR military operation in chalatenancc department, most of these officers. including
eight battalion commanders. did not challenge the charge that
lcpez and avivra were guilty and agreed thai the
two officers should be punished. the officers involved in the
meeting concluded that of the two suspects.vi la was
more at fault because he had fled the country to escape prosecution.
favor proper lecal action against lopez andvila, particularlyailure to pursue the legal case against them would jeopardize. military assistance. the high command recentlyequest from lopez to travel to mexico tor medical treatment for fear that he would not return to el salvador.)
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