El Salvador: Threats or attacks against former members of the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) who attempt to pursue investigations into alleged death squad killings of family members during the civil war, particularly in Chalatenango (1997-April 2000)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 26 May 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SLV33732.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, El Salvador: Threats or attacks against former members of the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) who attempt to pursue investigations into alleged death squad killings of family members during the civil war, particularly in Chalatenango (1997-April 2000) , 26 May 2000, SLV33732.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad7580.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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No reports of threats or attacks against former members of the FMLN who attempt to pursue investigations into alleged death squad killings of family members, either in Chalatenango or elsewhere in El Salvador, could be found among the documentary sources consulted by Research Directorate. However, in a letter dated 15 February 2000, the Director of the Comite de Familiares de Victimas de las Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador "Manuella Garcia Villas" (CODEFAM), a non-governmental organization based in San Salvador that works with individuals whose family members disappeared or were subjected to human rights violations during the civil war, stated that his organization has been involved in two separate cases, one in San Vicente, the other in San Salvador, where individuals acting as witnesses in an investigation of the disappearance of family members have been subjected to threats by unidentified persons. In a separate 15 February 2000 interview, the Director of CODEFAM stated that, in one of these two cases, the target of such threats was a former FMLN combatant.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below a list of additional sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
Comite de Familiares de Victimas de las Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador "Manuella Garcia Villas" (CODEFAM), San Salvador. 15 February 2000a. Correspondence from Director.
Comite de Familiares de Victimas de las Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador "Manuella Garcia Villas" (CODEFAM), San Salvador. 15 February 2000b. Telephone interview with Director.
Additional Sources Consulted
Central America NewsPak [Austin]. Jan. 1997-Feb. 1999.
Central America Report [Guatemala City]. Jan. 1997-Feb. 2000.
El Diario de Hoy [San Salvador]. Dec. 1999-May 2000.
La Prensa Gráfica [San Salvador]. Dec. 1999-May 2000.
Los derechos humanos en 1999. 2000. San Salvador: Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas."
IRB databases.
Latinamerica Press [Lima]. January 1997-Nov. 1999.
World News Connection (WNC)
The Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN); the Comision de Derechos Humanos de El Salvador (CDHES); and the Centro de Paz did not provide information on the requested topic.
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International.
Human Rights Watch.
Index on Censorship.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Presidencia de la República.
Procuraduria para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos.
