NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE

NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE

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Paz Garcia, GEN Policarpo (Honduras).

Paiz Hernandez "El Macho", Teniente Coronel Jose Vicente. Guatemala. Identified by witness known to Jennifer Harbury, June 25, 1998, as member of Jaguar Avengers death squad.

Peres, "Don Minche", Mayor Gonzales. Guatemala. Identified by witness known to Jennifer Harbury, June 25, 1998, as member of Jaguar Avengers death squad.

Phillips, David Atlee. CIA veteran agent, to head up covert operation "FUBELT" against Chilean President Salvador Allende, under supervision of CIA deputy director of plans, Thomas karamessines, according to September 16, 1970 minutes with CIA director Richard Helms. Peter Kornbluh, National Security Archive, CHILE: DECLASSIFIED U.S. DOCUMENTS ON PINOCHET AND THE 1973 COUP

Pickering, Thomas R. U. S. Undersecretary of State. On March 10, 2000, ordered the release of retired Peru Army Intelligence Service Major Ricardo Anderson Kohatsu, "one of Peru's most notorious alleged torturers" after he had been detained by the FBI. U. S. law enforcement officials had already arranged for victim Leonor La Rosa to testify. La Rosa had served with Anderson in army intelligence. In 1997 she was suspected of leaking a government plan to silence opposition journalists. "La Rosa told television journalists she was taken to army detention cells and tortured with electric shocks, raped, and beaten. Spinal cord injuries left her in a wheelchair." Her colleageue Mariela Lucy Barreto's headless and handless corpse was found in a ditch. La Rosa identified four intelligence agents, including Anderson, directly responsible for her torture. Anderson was released on the basis that he had a "G-2 visa" issued to foreingers with business before "international organizations" Karen De Young and Lorraine Adams, "U. S. Frees Accused Torturer",. Washington Post, March 11, 2000, p. A1.

Pinedo "El Caballo", Especialista. Guatemala. Identified by witness known to Jennifer Harbury, June 25, 1998, as member of Jaguar Avengers death squad.

Pinochet, Augusto.

Former dictator of Chile, installed by CIA Plot in 1973.
Michael Katz-Lacabe reports (23 Oct 1998-- >SOA Watchx that while Pinochet is not a graduate of the School of the Americas, his influence is held in high esteem. In 1991, visitors could view a note from Pinochet, and a ceremonial sword donated by him, on display in the office of the Commandant (Charles Call, MH, 8/9/93)
In addition, Pinochet's son, Augusto Pinochet Hiriart attended the School of the Americas in 1970.

Prabowo Subianto, Lt. Gen.

Headed Indonesian Kopassus Special Forces until March 1998 when more than a dozen pro-democracy activists were 'disappeared'. Prabowo attended Army Special Forces Training at Fort Bragg, NC, 1980, and Advanced Infantry Officers Course, Fort Benning, GA, 1985. Dana Priest, "Troops Received Training by U. S., Washington Post, May 23, 1998. Washington Post archives, a paid servicePrabowo, Lt. Gen. son-in-law of ex-President Suharto.
In charge of KOPASSUS Group 4, which participated in disappearances of Indonesian dissidents. Group 4 (commanded by Col. Chaiwaran) was in close and friendly liaison with U. S. intelligence (DIA attache Col. Charles McFetridge) at the time, and had been trained by U. S. intelligence. While Prabowo was noted for relishing torture, U. S. Defense Secretary William Cohen praised Kopassus' 'very impressive...discipline." 'Our Men in Jakarta' by Allan Nairn, 30 May 1998 'A-INFOS NEWS SERVICE

Pizarro Martinez, LTC Roberto (Colombia). School of the Americas Notorious Honoree. 1986 Implicated in the murder of Victor Manuel Aroca and the ensuing attempt at a cover up. 1981 SOA Guest Instructor.

Provis Carrasco, COL Manuel. Chile. 1970, Combat Arms Orientation School of the Americas. Active in the Villa Grimaldi concentration camp in which more than 4500 people were held.

Quintero, Rafael Caro. Owned ranch in Guadalajara used for training Nicaraguan Contras. It was at Quintero's Guadalajara ranch that DEA Agent Kiki Camarena, and his pilot were interrogated, tortured and buried alive. Written Statement for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 27, 1998 of Celerino Castillo III (DEA, Retired), author of Powderburns: Cocaine, Contras and the Drug War

Ramirez, Nestor, School of Americas graduate, Colombia. Soldiers acting under his command were photographed beating unarmed farmers participating in a peaceful protest. Soldiers then turned on cameraman Richard Velez, who was granted asylum in the U. S. after fleeing from death threats in Colombia. "Colombian Human Rights Abuses Tied to School of Americas Graduates, Wednesday, July 29, 1998

Ramirez Qintero, Gen. Ivan, former head of Colombia's 20th Brigade. Ramirez, called a "terrorist" by the US, responded in a May 24 interview with Radio Caracol that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had advised the brigade. CIA agents and US military people "were in Colombia, knew all about the state security organizations' intelligence systems, and now they criticize the actions of these groups," he said. "In the 1960s there was a permanent intelligence adviser, in the 1970s the CIA was there... I met all the CIA heads, until two or three years ago." [Agencia Informativa Pulsar 5/25/98; El Diario-La Prensa 5/25/98 from AFP] "Hundreds of US Troops Train in Colombia Despite Ban" Weekly News Update on the Americas, #435, 5/31/98, published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York, Site 1 and Site 2. . Write to WNU.

Regalado Hernandez, GEN Humberto. (Honduras).

Reyes "Don Romeo", Mayor. Guatemala. Identified by witness known to Jennifer Harbury, June 25, 1998, as member of Jaguar Avengers death squad.

Rivas Pena, General Jose Ruben.

School of Americas class of 1980. Major, Commando and General Staff. Analysed Chiapas conflict, helped design counter-insurgency strategy in Chiapas with detailed plan to censor local media, secretly organize sectors of the civilian population, and conduct psychological operations against civilians. Congressman Kennedy's call for closure of the SOA, Jan 12, 1998
Received instruction in the United States, then years later carried out operations against the EZLN in Chiapas. After his participation in Chiapas, sent to Oaxaca as the new Commander of the 28th Military Zone....Journalist Carlos Marin, stated in the journal, Proceso, on January 3, 1998, about the Army's plan for Chiapas since 1994: create paramilitary bands, displace the population, destroy the EZLN support bases...In addition to mentioning General Jose Ruben Rivas Pena as author of an "historical, sociological, economics, political and religious analysis of the conflict" in Chiapas. In that document the former Commander of the 31st Military Zone states that "it has been since the arrival of the Bishop of the diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Samuel Ruiz Garcia, that the traditional values had begun to be disturbed, for the purpose, at first, of dignifying them, taking them out of their ignorance, povery and margination (sic). Regrettably, this change in indigenous values was seen to be directly influenced by the theologians of liberation..." For Rivas Pena, "The Vatican is the primary indirect cause of the conflict in Chiapas, directly sponsoring the corrupt trend of liberation theology in Mexico, supported by their counterparts in Latin America, and by the majority of the national Catholic clergy, using socialist and political organizations, gangsters and groups against the government to carry it out...As one can see, it is not surprising that an SOA graduate would have such reactionary ideas concerning liberation theology," the specialist concludes. Triunfo Elizalde II, "Mexico is Now the Country Which Sends the Greatest Number of Forces to United States Military Schools", La Jornada ( Spanish Language original), August 16, 1998. Translated from the Spanish by Nuevo Amenecer Press Email address

Roca Malchel, GEN Luis Eduardo (Colombia). School of the Americas Notorious Honoree. With Gen Mejia Henao, diverted $40.3 million from US from anti-narcotics to counter-insurgency. 1988 Covered for those who tortured 19 people over 3 weeks in June. 1991 SOA Hall of Fame.

Rodriquez, Felix. 1960's Bay of Pigs veteran. worked with Shackley and Clines on anti-Castro infiltration and sabotage raids in early 1960's. Re-assigned to CIA in Congo, later Vietnam. 1967 worked with U. S. Army Ranger units to track down Che Guevara. Then special air-mobile counterinsurgency expert in Vietnam with Shackley and Donald Gregg, then to El Salvador as leader of undercover Contra supply operation. Iran-Contra and Consistent Themes During the Cold War

Rojas "Don Tomas", Mayor Napoleon. Guatemala. Identified by witness known to Jennifer Harbury, June 25, 1998, as member of Jaguar Avengers death squad.

Ross, Ricky. Los Angeles drug dealer, supplied by Blandon Reyes with smuggled contraband powder, quickly capitalized on existing heavy street use of PCP, heroin, and other durgs in South Central LA to introduce a cheap new drug known as crack..."not only did the CIA know that its Contras were unleshing a virulent drug in America's ghettos via Blandon and Ross, but the agency allowed it to happen because it needed the money to fund Ronald Reagan's war against socialism." Jill Stewart, "Just Another Big Embarassment Under Shelby", Phoenix New Times.

Saavedra, COL Marco Antonio Saez. Chile. 1970, Combat Arms Orientation School of the Americas. Active in the Villa Grimaldi concentration camp in which more than 4500 people were held.

Sagastume "Karate", Especialista Guerra. Guatemala. Identified by witness known to Jennifer Harbury, June 25, 1998, as member of Jaguar Avengers death squad.

Salcedo Lora, GEN Juan (Colombia). School of the Americas Notorious Graduate, 1971 1985 Ordered illegal and clandestine detention of Manuel Reyes Cardenas. 1979 SOA Guest Instructor.

Salinas Torres, *MAJ Guillermo Humberto. Chile. 1974, Curso de Armas Combinadas para Cadetes School of the Americas. 1976, Salinas was linked to the assassination of Spanish citizen Carmelo Soria. However, because of Pinochet's amnesty laws, the case was stayed.

Salvatierra Arroyo "El Ganso", Especialista Ismael. Guatemala. Identified by witness known to Jennifer Harbury, June 25, 1998, as member of Jaguar Avengers death squad.

Samudio Molina, GEN Rafael (Colombia). School of the Americas Notorious Honoree, 1985 oversaw the Army massacre at the Palais of Justice in which many hostages died horrifying deaths and others, including Supreme Court Justices who were not sympathetic to the Army, were arrested on leaving the building. 1970 SOA Guest Instructor. 1988, SOA Hall of Fame.

Sandoval Alarcon, Mario, former Guatemalan vice-president, generally considered high commander of the death squads, was invited to the Reagan inauguration. Allan Nairn, "Reagan Administration's Links to Guatemala's Terrorist Government", Covert Action Quarterly, Summer, 1989

Secord, Richard. 1961, assigned to special Florida-based air wing where he may have supported CIA operations against Cuba. 1962, sent to Vietnam as special warfare expert. 1966, stationed in Laos, where he directed and flew secret supply missions for two years. 1973, recruited to CIA secret war in Laos. 1980, helped plan two hostage rescue missions in Iran. Iran-Contra and Consistent Themes During the Cold War

Singlaub, John, Major General, USAF, Ret.

Shackley, Theodore. 1962-65, in charge of CIA Miami station, directed Bay of Pigs veterans againste Castro's Cuba. 1966-68, CIA Chief of Station in Laos. 1969-72, CIA Chief of Station in Saigon, with Felix Rodriguez and Donald Gregg reporting to him. As early as 1984, Shackley and close associate Clines in contact with Iran's Ghorbanifar re. arms for hostages. Iran-Contra and Consistent Themes During the Cold War

Silva, Carlos Parera. Chile. 1969, Irregular Warfare Operations School of the Americas. In the 1970s, according to testimony by Luz Arce, Silva was one of the key actors within the repressive forces of the DINA.

Starr, Kenneth, aide to Smith at time of 1982 Casey-Smith exemption which exempted CIA from reporting to congress on any illegal drug trafficking the CIA might be engaged in. On May 7, 1998, Rep. Maxine Waters, D.-Calif., introduced into the Congressional Record a letter exchange in which CIA director William J. Casey engineered a legal exemption in 1982 sparing the CIA from a requirement to report evidence of drug trafficking by its assets. Since Casey agreed to report a laundry list of other crimes, the drug exemption was evidence that he was nervous about exposing clients' drug operations to U.S. law enforcement. Yet, in view of the second volume's finding of how deep the contra-drug operations ran, any competent journalist would have put the two facts together. The logical conclusion was obvious: Casey knew the contras were smuggling drugs and he didn't want to rat them out. Robert Parry, The NYT's Contra-Cocaine Dilemma The Consortium, Vol 3, No 15, July 23, 1998.

Stockwell, John, who served as a CIA case officer in Africa and in Vietnam

reports that More here regarding The CIA, MKULTRA and Timothy Leary and Project Monarch.
Sister Dianna Ortiz, Congressional Human Rights Caucus Briefing on Torture., June 25, 1998
Subianto, General Prabowo. Son in law of former Indonesian dictator Suharto. U. S. trained commander of Kopassus. Tied to East Timor slaughter in Kraras (1983), and Santa Cruz (1991). "US trained butchers of Timor", The Guardian, London. Cited by The Drudge Report, September 19, 1999.
Summers, Lawrence. U. S. Treasury Secretary (1999). Wrote "The East Asian Miracle", in which he urges governments to 'insulate' themselves from 'pluralist pressures' and to suppress trade unions. "This became a primary Kopassus role during the years of training by the United States." Source: Deborah Sklar, Amnesty International country expert for East Timor. "US trained butchers of Timor", The Guardian, London. Cited by The Drudge Report, September 19, 1999.
Syahnakri, General Kiki. Indonesian Governor of East Timor and mentor of General Prabowo Subianto. Kopassus Commander, Tied to East Timor slaughter in Kraras (1983), and Santa Cruz (1991). "US trained butchers of Timor", The Guardian, London. Cited by The Drudge Report, September 19, 1999.
Tatum, Gene "Chip". In 1985, CIA operative under direct control of Oliver North, delivered over two tons of cocaine to various airfields in Honduras. Was told by Barry Seal that cocaine was being produced by the Contras at the direction of Oliver North and members of the Medillin cartel. Tatum currently incarcerated in Jesup, Georgia. more
Thierry, Col. Robert. "The archives here [in Paraquay] show that a United States military official, Col. Robert Thierry, apparently helped draw up the apparatus of the police state as he trained police officers for the Technical Section soon after General Stroessner seized power here in 1954. A relative, Margaret Van Skike, located in Galveston, Tex., said that Colonel Thierry died several years ago." NY Times August 11, 1999 "CONDOR Archives Unearthed in Paraguay Expose U.S. Allies' Abuses"
Thompson de Nascimento, Moyses (Brazil). School of the Americas Notorious Graduate Linked to repressive forces in Brazil, 1960's and 1970's. Instructor, SOA, 1972.
Tomas "Patricio", "Ticho", Especialista Juan. Guatemala. Identified by witness known to Jennifer Harbury, June 25, 1998, as member of Jaguar Avengers death squad.
Tovar Trujillo, COL Orlando Elain (Colombia). School of the Americas Notorious Graduate, 1967. 1988 Implicatred in military operation in which 19 individuals were arrested and subsequently tortured. 1979, SOA Guest Instructor.
Trotter, John C., Consultant on Guatemalan affairs for the American Security Council's film Attack on the Americas". The ASC is a private ultra-hawk U. S. military lobby whose visit to Guatemala in December 1979 began the Reagan camp's courtship of the Guatemalan right. Trotter had been manager of Guatemala City's Coca-Cola bottling plant franchise. Trotter has been implicated in the death squad murders of a number of workers and union leaders at the bottling plant and was removed from management by Coca-cola headquarters after an international union and church-led boycott of Coke protesting the situation at the plant in Guatemala. Trotter is also a director of the Guatemala Freedom Foundation, a pro-Lucas international lobby group founded by Roberto Alejos, which is more extrme than the Amigos del Pais organizagtion. Allan Nairn, "Reagan Administration's Links to Guatemala's Terrorist Government", Covert Action Quarterly, Summer, 1989
Trujillo Hoyos, COL Victor Manuel (Colombia). School of the Americas Notorious Honoree. 1981-1982 Protectd and aided the military/paramilitary death squad MAS while assigned to the Fifth Brigade. 1983-1984 Guest Instructor, SOA.
Trujillo Salguero, "Don Leonel", Teniente Coronel. Guatemala. Identified by witness known to Jennifer Harbury, June 25, 1998, as member of Jaguar Avengers death squad. Edgar A. Trujillo Salguero is listed as a School of the Americas graduate, 1992.
Varelli, Frank, former FBI informer, infiltrated CISPES, 1981. Told to seduce nun who headed CISPES. Gave information about Americans in America to El Salvador National Guard so they could arrange for actions against Americans in U.S. Interview transcript.
Vides Casanova, COL Carlos Eugenio (El Salvador).
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- Walters, Vernon A. CIA Deputy Director. August 1975 met with Col. Manuel Contreras of DINA, Chilean secret police. One month later, Contreras sought funding from Pinochet for Operation Condor. Lucy Komisar, "Operation Condor and Pinochet", Los Angeles Times, Commentary, November 1, 1998.
- Yanine Diaz, GEN Farouk (Colombia) School of the Americas Notorious Graduate, 1969. March 1988 Uraba massacre: Implicated in massacre of 20 banana workers in Antioqua. 1987 Implicated in the assassination of the mayor of Sabana de Torres, Alvaro Garces Parra, 1984-1985 Implicated in paramilitary activities associated with the death squad "MAS". 1990, 1991 Guest Speaker, SOA.
- Yosfiah, Lt. Gen. Yunus, Indonesian Army (ABRI) implicated in 1975 mruder of five foreign journalists in East Timor, information minister in post-Suharto government, 1998. 'Our Men in Jakarta' by Allan Nairn, 30 May 1998
- they don't talk about the horrors of what's being done.
- Zara, COL Jose. Chile. 1965, Basic Airborne, 1970, Basic Officer Orientation School of the Americas. According to lawyers working on the case, Zara, as undersecretary of the Foreign Relations department of the DINA, provided logistical support for the assassination of the ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean army, General Carlos Prats and his wife.
  
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