President. let me add to my earlier comments a very disturbing report that I have just received. Early this morning. the Salvadoran military security forces arrested 16 social workers in an Episcopal Church. That church sheltered about 200 refugees. Over the past 2 days. they also raided at least seven churches and schools. Nine Salvadorans and seven foreigners were arrested and taken to the treasury police headquartersalthough the treasury police refused to confirm they held any of them. All those detained this morning worked in the churchs social services programincluding the director of the program. his wife. and a lay worker. The foreigners included a Canadian. a Colombian. a Guatemalan. and three people from Spain. A church worker said the foreigners would probably be deported. In recent days. many other foreign workers have been arrested. including a dozen Lutheran missionaries. The Episcopal pastor of the church raided this morning has gone into hiding.
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