EXTERNALAI Index: AMR 29/03/96

1 February 1996

Further information on UA 06/96 (AMR 29/01/96, 10 January 1996) and follow-up (AMR 29/02/96, 29 January 1996) - Death threats / Fear for safety

EL SALVADORAdrián Esquino Lisco, Nahuat Indian

Maximiliano Bran García

Amnesty International has learned with deep concern that, at midnight on 27 January 1996, unidentified armed men returned to the residence of Maximiliano Bran García in Las Hojas, department of Sonsonate, and fired their weapons against his house while repeating their threat against Adrián Esquino Lisco.

At the same time, another group of armed men is reported to have gone to Adrián Esquino's house in San Román and to have also fired their weapons as a warning. Adrián Esquino was not at this house during this incident. Witnesses say that the men, who had painted faces, exploded a hand grenade outside the house.

These latest attacks come only days after a similar incident in which unidentified armed men told Maximiliano García hat there would be another bloodshed like the one in 1983 and that they would kill Adrián Esquino Lisco.

Amnesty International remains seriously concerned for the physical safety of Adrián Esquino Lisco and his family and urges the Salvadorean government to guarantee their safety against any possible attacks on their lives.

FURTHER RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send telegrams/telexes/faxes/airmail letters in Spanish or in your own language:

- expressing extreme concern at the continuing death threats against Adrián Esquino Lisco, other members of ANIS and their families;

- urging the Salvadorean authorities to take immediate measures to guarantee the safety of all the members of ANIS, including the residents of their communities in Sonsonate;

- calling for steps to be taken immediately to identify those responsible for the death threats and to bring them to justice.

APPEALS TO:

President of El Salvador

Dr. Armando Calderón Sol

Presidente de la República de El Salvador

Casa Presidencial

San Salvador

El Salvador

Telegrams:Presidente Calderón, San Salvador, El Salvador

Telexes:20245 RS SAL; 20522 PRESS SAL

Faxes:(503) 271-0950

Salutation:Sr. Presidente / Dear President

Minister of the Interior

Lic. Mario Acosta Oertel

Ministro del Interior

Ministerio del Interior

Centro de Gobierno

San Salvador

El Salvador

Telegrams:Ministro Interior, San Salvador, El Salvador

Faxes: (503) 271-2484

Salutation:Sr. Ministro / Dear Minister

COPIES TO:

Attorney General's Office for Human Rights

Dra. Victoria Marina Velásquez de Avilés

Procuradora para la defensa

de los derechos humanos de El Salvador

9a. Avenida Nte. y Calle Poniente

Edificio Amsa No. 535, San Salvador

El Salvador

Salvadorean National Indigenous Association (ANIS)

Sres.

ANIS

Calle Obispo Marroquín,

Oficina Antigua Aduana Férrea 5-1

Sonsonate, El Salvador

Newspapers

Sr. Jefe de redacción

La Prensa Gráfica

3a. Calle Poniente No. 130

San Salvador, El Salvador

Sr. Jefe de redacción

Diario Latino

23 Av. Sur No. 225

Apartado Postal 96,

San Salvador, El Salvador

and to diplomatic representatives of El Salvador accredited to your country.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 25 March 1996.