Last year United States military and economic aid to the current Government of El Salvador exceeded that nations entire annual budget. This military aid has resulted in pervasive killing and destruction. and a resurgence in deathsquad and other terrorist activities. with the tacit approval of the army and certain elements in the Government. What follows below is an English translation of a sworn deposition given by an eyewitness to recent Government terrorism in the refugee camp at Calle Real. just north of the capital city of San Salvador. Mr. Francisco Herrera. a graduate of Holy Names College in Oaklandmy congressional districtwent to El Salvador as a volunteer church worker for Catholic Charities and the Jesuit Refugees Service. Some of what he saw and experienced there Is recounted below. We must never forget the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. the brutal murders of the four American religious workersMaura Clarke.
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