El Salvador: Information on whether the FMLN-ERP operated clandestine camps in the region around Cerro Grande or the canton of Trinidad, in the department of La Libertad, between 1992 and 1995, after the peace accords were signed and whether young men were coerced to remain in these camps to conduct propaganda work for the FMLN in the surrounding countryside
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SLV24194.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, El Salvador: Information on whether the FMLN-ERP operated clandestine camps in the region around Cerro Grande or the canton of Trinidad, in the department of La Libertad, between 1992 and 1995, after the peace accords were signed and whether young men were coerced to remain in these camps to conduct propaganda work for the FMLN in the surrounding countryside, 1 June 1996, SLV24194.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abc220.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned subjects could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, according to Central America Report, Nueva Trinidad in the department of Chalatenago was a dedicated area of concentration for FMLN forces under the 1992 peace accords (31 Jan. 1992).
Please find attached an AP media report on guerrilla activity in the region around Cerro Grande in January 1992 after the initial peace agreements were signed, and media reports on the discovery of clandestine arms caches in 1993.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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 the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Central America Report [Guatemala City]. 31 January 1992. Vol. 19, No. 3. "Special Report: El Salvador: Calendar for the Execution of the Peace Accords."
Attachments
The Associated Press (AP). 9 January 1992. AM Cycle. Marcos Aleman. "Fighting Continues in El Salvador Despite Peace Accord; 11 Dead." (NEXIS)
Central America Report[Guatemala City]. 31 January 1992. Vol. 19, No. 3. "El Salvador: Calendar for the Execution of the Peace Accords".
Canal Doce Television [San Salvador, in Spanish]. 18 June 1993. "ERP Leader Acknowledges Additional Hidden Weapons." (FBIS-LAT-93-117 21 June 1993, p. 13)
_____. 15 June 1993. "FMLN Admits Existence of More Weapons Arsenals." (FBIS-LAT-93-114 16 June 1993, p. 18)
El Diaro de Hoy [San Salvador, in Spanish]. 15 June 1993. "Villalobos Discusses Arsenal, ERP Organization." (FBIS-LAT-93-114 16 June 1993, p. 18)
La Prensa Grafica [San Salvador, in Spanish]. 17 June 1993. "Communique on Caches Found in Nicaraugua." (FBIS-LAT-93-117 21 June 1993, pp. 12-13)
Radio Cadena YSU [San Salvador, in Spanish]. 19 June 1993. "Medrano, FMLN Spokesman Comment on Caches." (FBIS-LAT-93-117 21 June 1993, p. 14)
Additional Sources Consulted
El Salvador: A Country Study. 1990.
El Salvador: A Country Guide. 1991.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily. 1991-1996.
On-line search of media sources.
Oral Sources.
