The World - News from March 29, 1985
A New York-based human rights group charged that the U.S.-backed Salvadoran military has used indiscriminate attacks, including massacres, to terrorize civilians into fleeing zones controlled by leftist guerrillas. In a 77-page report, the private Americas Watch group said that Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte has been unable to stop the killings and that his government “may be fairly charged with committing war crimes.” The report also denounced the guerrillas for allegedly assassinating right-wing political leaders and executing suspected informers.
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