In 1993 a Truth Commission concluded that Salvadoran army commanders ordered the assassinations and the army's Atlacatl death squad carried them out. The UCA wants the government to reopen the case and bring all involved to justice. The role of the US in training and supporting the killers needed constant emphasis, said Pinter, one of Britain's leading playwrights and campaigners for free speech. Real Audio file of Harold Pinter's comments on the UCA killings and the real forces behind the murders . Index's role, which it has sustained admirably over so many years, is to excavate the real facts and expose the truth.
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